Important Factors

Famous quotes containing the words important and/or factors:

“It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Girls tend to attribute their failures to factors such as lack of ability, while boys tend to attribute failure to specific factors, including teachers’ attitudes. Moreover, girls avoid situations in which failure is likely, whereas boys approach such situations as a challenge, indicating that failure differentially affects self-esteem.”
—Michael Lewis (late–20th-century)