The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.
“Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.”
“I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.”