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Assemble a list of 10 "famous" quotes that reflect your life's experiences, values, beliefs, etc. Go find words of wisdom that answer the question: Who are you? After each quote, offer a brief explanation about its meaning and relevance.
1. “When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling.”-Gisele Bundchen
ReplyDelete• I can connect to this quote because I have a lot of sisters that will always be my best friends no matter what happens
2. “At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are, and I feel like we are so blessed to have the support system and the best family to really just support each other no matter what we're going through.”-Kim Kardashian
• I can make a connection to this quote because my family is always there for each other when someone needs them. Everyone can just be who they are and it doesn’t matter because we are all different
3. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”-Albert Einstein
• I like this quote because I feel that nature is really powerful. Whenever I need space to think, I find it easier to do if I am alone and somewhere outside
4. “I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.”-Herbert Hoover
• I really like this quote because I love living in Iowa. I feel that, even though some things can be challenging, this is still one of the simplest places to live. I also love being in nature and Iowa is a really beautiful place. It might seem plain to others, but if you notice the details, everything has beauty
5. “I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.”-Rafael Nadal
• I can connect to this quote a lot. Although I am super bad at fishing, it is one of my very favorite things to do. Sitting in silence, watching the beautiful water and various wild life, my dad nearby… there is nothing more peaceful.
6. “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”-E. L. Doctorow
• This quote kind of describes my writings. I start out with a few ideas that could lead my story anywhere, bits and pieces get added on randomly and, eventually, it leads me to a halfway decent ending.
7. “Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.”-A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
• I feel that this quote is often true because most poems are either really deep and meaningful, or joyful and enthusiastic
8. “My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”-Edith Sitwell
• I can connect to this quote because these are things I enjoy also
9. “The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know.”-Alek Wek
• I really like this quote because this is how I feel about books. There are so many different worlds and lives that you can live and experience through books by using your imagination
10. “Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”-Joseph Addison
• I like this quote because reading always makes my life better, especially if it’s a good story that captures my attention
1.Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~Vince Lombardi
ReplyDeleteThis describes how in cross country we each have to work together to do better in races but we also have to improve individually.
2.The most important thing in the world is family and love. -John Wooden
This describes how close I am with my family and how important my family is to me.
3.A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels
This describes how my friends mean the world to me.
4.Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
This describes how I feel that everyone should always be kind to others.
5.Without music life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
This describes my love for music and how much I enjoy band and choir.
6.Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~Les Brown
This describes how I always try to accomplish new things and goals.
7.Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese proverb
This describes how my siblings mean so much to me.
8.A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education. ~Smiley Blanton
This describes how I am always curious to learn new things.
9.Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ~Amy Lowell
This describes my passion for painting and drawing.
10.There’s no place like home... except Grandma’s. ~Author Unknown
This one describes how much I love my grandparents and love spending time with them.
1) “The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the soul’s ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.” ~Aristotle
ReplyDeleteThis represents me because I try my best to always use my heart in every situation. I follow my heart and what it leads me to rather than what my. head or others try to persuade me to do.
2) “Everybody has their own story to tell. Your life is like a book that you don't ever get to put down. So make it interesting.” ~Brian & Johnathan, www.thegaybeards.com
Every day I try my best to live my life to the absolute fullest. I am involved in as much as I possibly can, so I can make the best out of the years I have in this life.
3) “I am told to just be myself, but as much as I have practiced the impression, I am still no good at it.” ~Robert Brault
I often struggle to always be myself. At school, it is hard for me to stay in my feelings. When I walk in I find myself putting on a smile and pretending I'm ok even if that is not how I feel. I also sometimes change my attitude based off the people found around me.
4) “He that has a choice has trouble.” ~Dutch proverb
I struggle very hard with decisions. It will often take me a significant amount of days or time to make a very simple decision all because I doubt myself and the mistakes I may create.
5) “Every boy and girl in America ought to go to school. The public school is one of the best institutions connected with the life of our nation.” ~Silas X. Floyd (1869–1923), "Keeping School," Floyd's Flowers: or, Duty and Beauty for Colored Children, 1905
I absolutely love school. I love the fact that I get to learn something new and am bettering myself every day when I walk in.
6) “I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.” ~Lord Dunsany
Personally, I love to travel. I love to meet new people and see new things. Different cultures inspire me to do new, crazy things and I love it.
7) “Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.” ~Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, "Burdens," 1868
I am a very family-oriented person. If you are even slightly related to me, you're family. I just love knowing that relatives are around me and someone always has my back.
8)“A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”~Leo Buscaglia
I often let friends become a huge part of my life, and I love having lots of friends, so I can always go to someone if I need help. But that also gets me in trouble when secrets are involved, and friends stab me in the back.
9)“Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz
Relationships scare me. Having someone depend on me all the time and care about what I do (while not being my parents) is intense and is way too much pressure for me.
10)“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.” ~John Sinor (1930–1996), in San Diego Union-Tribune
I love October. It happens to be my birthday month, and many others around me. It also means football and nice fall days that feel great and I can't get enough of October.
1. “A lot of people run to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.”
ReplyDelete- Steve Prefontaine
This quote means a lot to me as a cross country runner. I may not be the fastest runner in the race or even on my team, but I’d like to be the one with the most guts. The one that can push themselves to new levels. The one that doesn’t give up. At the end of the race I’m always in pain and struggling for air, but I still speed up to give the other competitors a run for their money.
2. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
-Jorge Luis Borges
This quote describes what I too think Paradise will be. I love books so much, and my ideal day is to just sit and read. If Paradise could be anything, I hope it would be a library. Then I would sit and read every book I could.
3. “The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and comprehend what we see.”
-Albert Einstein
I really like this quote because that’s exactly what I do when I’m outside. I love seeing beautiful landscapes and sights. Everytime I’m in a new place, I wonder at the sights around me. I love being out in nature, looking at mountains and waterfalls, seeing and hearing the waves crash into the rocks, and admire everything around me.
4. “Carpe Diem”
-Latin Proverb
To Seize the Day. I really like this because I sometimes need a reminder to live in the present. A lot of the time, I get caught up in the future and worry about what will happen weeks, even months from now. I think that when I do live in the present I am my happiest. I also think that you should live every day like it could be your last. To push yourself to new limits, to not care what anyone thinks of you, and to live your best life.
5. “I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things”
-Vincent van Gogh
I like this quote because I feel as though it is true. I’m very strong in my faith. I believe that everyone should be spreading love instead of hate. Once you start spreading love, you will be come closer to God, and you will grow stronger in your faith. I also think that everyone will be happier if you spread love.
6. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
ReplyDelete-Bob Ross
I relate to this quote a lot. I make mistakes all the time. I tend to end up stressing about these mistakes because I think that one mistake will change my life. Mistakes don’t really matter because like Hannah Montana said “Everyone makes mistakes.” And Bob Ross says that they are just happy little accidents, so I shouldn’t stress about them. I also love to paint, and a lot of the time when I paint I make mistakes. I turn those mistakes into something beautiful. I try to do that in life too when I make mistakes.
7. “Most of the things I worry about, never happen anyway.”
-Tom Petty
I am a constant worrier. When I think about it, this quote is very true. Most of the things I constantly worry about, never happen. I need to just calm down and not stress about so many things.
8. “When you’re happy you enjoy the music. When you’re sad you understand the lyrics.”
-unknown
I find this quote to be very true. I love listening to music. I listen to music all the time. When I’m listening and I’m happy, I just have fun with the music. It’s like a party. When I’m sad, I truly understand the lyrics. It’s kind of funny how it works like that.
9. “Where words fail, music speaks.”
-Hans Christian Andersen
I really like this quote. I’m not very good with emotions, and sometimes it’s hard to express what I’m feeling. One of the reasons I like music is because you can express yourself. Whenever I’m feeling sad or mad, I just go listen to music or I play one of my instruments. It always helps to listen or create music.
10. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
-Dr. Suess
This quote relates to me because I get sad when things are coming to an end. I need to remind myself to smile because it happened. A lot of times I look back on fun past times and I get sad because it’s over. I should look back on those times and smile.
“Somewhere deep down there is a decent man in me, he just can't be found.” ~Eminem
ReplyDeleteI can be rude and not caring even though I try.
“The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” ~Eminem
My life is spiritic I never know what I'm going to do or what's going to happen.
“Christian is not the definition of a perfect me.” ~NF/Nathan Feuerstein
I am a Christian, but I still sin and mess things up.
“My mind is a home I'm trapped in and its lonely inside this mansion.” ~NF/Nathan Feuerstein
I say this because it's hard for me to express my emotions so instead I bottle it all up in a jar.
“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, "Identity Crisis," M*A*S*H
We don’t have a lot of money, but we still have a lot of things.
“Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.” ~Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, "Burdens," 1868
Even though we lack the money some families have we are still happy.
“Grandfathers are just antique little boys.” ~Author Unknown
I say this because my grandpa is still a little kid, he buys large amounts of candy and gives me prank ideas but he is 70 years old and somewhat fragile.
“Grandmothers are just antique little girls.” ~Author Unknown
I say this because my grandma loves to joke around with the family and play bored games and overall acts like a kid.
“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.” ~Voltaire, letter to Count Schomberg, 1769 August 31st
Animals can die peacefully with no worry in the world but people have to go through so much more stress even after death.
“It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.” ~Henry David Thoreau
I find more comfort in my dog and cat then I do anyone else.
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.” ~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce
Without any animals I would die because I couldn’t deal with listening to everyone complain about everything they couldn’t have.
“Games don’t make you violent, lag does. Save our kids, install faster internet.” – I play violent video games a lot and never have I become violent in that way. But the internet really should be faster, it would be a lot less stressful.
ReplyDelete“Turns out sitting on the couch waiting and wishing for money won’t make you rich.” - I’m very lazy and like to spend money a lot even though I don’t have a job and honestly I wish I had more money a lot but all I do is sit on the couch.
“Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will land among the stars.” – I usually try to look at the good things in life and to be optimistic most of the time.
“Emotionally, I’m done. Mentally, I’m drained. Spiritually, I feel dead. Physically, I Smile.” – in today’s society if you don’t smile you aren’t normal so I think that a lot of people that are sad and depressed tend to smile just so they fit in no matter what they feel on the inside.
“Anyone can be angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and it is not easy” –Aristotle – I tend to get mad very easily and it’s hard to be mad at the right things but usually I think I am and I’m not so I can relate to this.
“I wish I could just ask you what you think of me” I very much dislike when people won’t tell me what they think of me and when people are closed off and won’t tell about themselves so this is relatable
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations” – usually when you try hard you get good things out of your work.
“You keep a lot to yourself because of difficult to find people that understand.” – a lot of times if people don’t ask me about myself I don’t tell them because of you don’t ask then you aren’t willing to listen and why tell someone that doesn’t care?
“My bed is my magical place where I remember all the things I forgot to do.” – when I go down stairs to do something I almost always forget so then I go to my room and while I’m laying in my bed on my phone it always hits me what I was supposed to do.
“Dogs leave paw prints on our hearts.” – I have a dog and I can say this is very true because my dog is basically my best friend.
“It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.” ~Attributed to Hanoch McCarty
ReplyDeleteThis Quote describes my daily inner battles with myself. To me it means the only person holding me back is me.
“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.” ~Denis Waitley
I try to let change happen because most people fear change because it something they have never experienced before. This Quote is relevant because there is a lot of change happening in my life.
“It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.” ~Author unknown
You don’t have to be the center of attention just be nice. I try to be nice but sometimes I slip a little. This quote means a lot to me because I’m trying to be a nicer person.
“Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.” ~Michael Burke
I had experience a few years back and it would have been different if I would have listened to my instincts. As of recently I have had to rely on my instincts to make decisions.
“Never say, "oops." Always say, "Ah, interesting."” ~Author unknown
I try to learn from my mistakes instead of being upset about them. I make a lot of mistakes and I try to learn from the situation to be prepared in the future.
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~e.e. cummings
I want to be who I am and not have the desire to hide it. I am fighting with myself to show more of who I am and this quote helps me feel like maybe I can be who I want to be.
People living deeply have no fear of death. ~Anaïs Nin, Diary, 1967
I have never once feared death if anything I’m curious. I am living how I want and I am not afraid when my time comes but I will earn it.
If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. ~William McFee
I will go down with a fight I will not lay on the ground and take what is thrown at me. Fate loves to throw crazy things my way but push through anyway because there are things I want to do that I haven’t yet.
When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown
I will never truly give up. I might verbally say that I give up but in my mind I’m still trying to find a solution. This quote helps me realize that the world will tear you down if you let it. You can’t let it you have to tell the world no this is who I am.
This smile isn't a lack of pain. It's a victory gesture of not letting pain defeat me. ~Terri Guillemets
I smile because I am working through pain and toward happiness. I am smiling because I am having a happy day. I am finally smiling for me and not everyone else. This quote explains how I feel now, but by tomorrow I may feel different. I will always circle back to smiling for me even if I skip a day or two.
1) 1) “There must be different kinds of loneliness, or at least different degrees of loneliness, but the most terrifying loneliness is not experienced by everyone and can be understood by only a few. I compare the panic in this kind of loneliness to the dog we see running frantically down the road pursuing the family car. He is not really being left behind, for the family knows it is to return, but for that moment in his limited understanding, he is being left alone forever, and he has to run and run to survive. It is no wonder that we make terrible choices in our lives to avoid loneliness.”
ReplyDelete― Charles M. Schulz, You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown!
I relate to this because I think everyone struggles with different things.
2) " I don't know what i'm supposed to do haunted by the ghost of you"
- Lord Huron
This shows that people make a lasting impression.
3) "My own life was filled with so much love and joy that when depression struck, it was like a prison door slamming shut and I was being placed in an isolation cell. No one else could possibly be feeling what I was. I hated my depression and all of its symptoms."
-Susan Polis Schutz
This shows how hard it is to deal with mental illness
4) "When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put."
-Isla Fisher
I relate to this because when my parents got a divorced I stopped seeing my dad and that has been hard.
5) "It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories."
-Bonnie Blair
This relates to me because im a senior and everything is changing.
6) "Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts."
-Paramahansa Yogananda
This shows that how happy someone may seem they may be deeply sad.
7) "The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun."
-Ludwig van Beethoven
This shows how no matter how hard a person works it might not seem like enough
8) "I had no interest in music. But now, music means everything to me. I have no words to explain how beautiful music is. It is where you can create everything, like beautiful songs to sad songs to almost anything."
-Alan Walker
This shows that music can reach anybody.
9) "It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
This shows how the past can really haunt someone.
10) "The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish."
-Gene Simmons
Everyone is so obsessed with making everyone happy that most of the time we don’t make ourselves happy.
“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
ReplyDeleteErnest Hemingway
This is meaning to me because I can relate to this. Say after a loss in sports or something like that, only you can make yourself feel bad about it instead of having a “Get them next time” attitude.
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi
This is a good quote because it shows that you can’t make peace if you are still thinking negatively. This could relate to athletics or when it comes to friendships.
“Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”
Henry James
This has a very powerful message. It says how you shouldn’t worry about what others think, it only matters what you think about yourself.
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
Leonardo da Vinci
I can relate to this because when I am doing an assignment that I actually understand it becomes very entertaining because I actually know how to do something for once.
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
Aesop
This is a good quote because it shows how every little compliment, or kind words can mean a lot.
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
Napoleon Hill
I can relate to this because I don’t always understand stuff in school, so for the stuff I know how to do I do it really well.
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
Sun Tzu
I like this because it is very true. So say you are 1v1’ing someone and you just leave them wide open and start clapping they won’t make the shot. It’s because they have the mindset that if this person isn’t guarding me then clearly they don’t believe I will make it.
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Anne Frank
This is a good quote because happiness is contagious. So if someone is down you can easily cheer them up just by being happy.
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
Thomas A. Edison
I just think that this is a very humorous quote, and this could be used as an excuse the next time I fail something.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates”
This is a good quote because you can’t think that you know everything all the time. You have to have a little bit of humility.
1.) “When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars”-Oscar Wilde
ReplyDeleteI relate to this quote because it shows my optimistic side. No matter how difficult the situation may seem, I always try to see the good that can come out of it and make the best of it.
2.)“Work so hard that one day your signature will be called an autograph.”-Tim Notke
This quote is great to me because I always try to work hard enough to get what I think will make me happy. It doesn't matter how hard it is, I am willing to do it if it makes me happy.
3.)“Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” —Kid President (Robby Novak)
I love this quote because this shows that we are all in this together, it doesn't matter who you are, what you've been through, or where you come from. We are all humans, and we all need to feel like we are someone even if that means if we need someone to make us feel like it.
4.)"Be that type of person who leaves a mark, not a scar"-Unknown
I also really like this quote because it just reminds you to be a good person and to treat people with respect, and I try to do that with people everyday.
5.)"Good people are like candles. They burn themselves up to give others light."-Unknown
This quote relates to me because I'm that type of person who will always be there for someone and to make sacrifices for them. If you need me to do something, anything, to make you feel better or to make you feel happy I will do it in a heartbeat.
6.)"I'm thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength"-Alex Elle
I relate to this quote because every time I find myself in a stressful situation I tell myself that I get stronger by the second and I can make it through this because of how strong I am.
7.) "No rain, no flowers"-Ruby Olive
This quote is a motivator for me to just keep on working hard and staying strong because in the end it'll be worth it.
8.)"Kindness is free, sprinkle that stuff everywhere"-Unknown
This quote relates to me because everyday I am kind to people I meet and I know kindness can make the world a better place.
9.)"The darkest nights produce the brightest stars"-John Green
This is another quote that just reminds me to stay strong in stressful situations because all the hard work that I'm putting into the situation will surely pay off in the end.
10.)"It always seems impossible until it's done"-Nelson Mandela
I like this quote because this one is also a reminder to work hard and you will be able to achieve things you never thought you could achieve.
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” –Aristotle
ReplyDelete• No matter if I am succeeding of failing, people will still find things to tell me that I am doing wrong
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” –Les Brown
• I shouldn’t let the fear of not succeeding keep me from chasing my dreams
“I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” –Benjamin Franklin
• Personally I am not good at math, so as a positive way to respond to no doing well on a test is not to tell yourself that you failed and are a failure. Simply just look at it as you made mistakes on the test. Everyone makes mistakes
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” –Henry Ford
• No matter what my life will always have hard times, I just have to continue to push through the hard times
“I know it hurts sometimes, but you’ll get over it.” –Uzi
• My life may be hard at times, but eventually it will get better. It is the way life goes, it might be difficult now, but it will get better eventually
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” –Albert Einstein
• I feel like sometimes I forget that life is not always about success. How other people value you and the way that they see you is very important. Just because someone has more advantages than you and could be considered more “successful” doesn’t not mean that they are a good person who is worthy of being valued by other people.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou
• There is always those people that I will meet that will make me feel uneasy about the way they treat other people. It is easy to forget what people said, but it is difficult to ignore the way that people treat others.
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” –Henry Ford
• In sports if I am confident in myself and tell myself that I can, I will be able to. If I have no confidence and tell myself that I can’t, I probably won’t be able to.
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” --Andre Gide
• To me this quote is about how it would be better for people to hate me for my true self then for them to love me because they think I am a person that I really am not.
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe
• I chose this quote because I believe that the message is very powerful. It is telling me that I do not have to be “perfect” or fit society’s standards of “normal”. Sometimes it is better to be different or stand out.
1: “Obviously it’s an exciting time to be a Chicago Bear. A lot of young talent.” -Bears’ outside linebacker Khalil Mack. This was said the day after the Bears traded for Mack, who has completely elevated the Bears defense. I also picked it because the Bears have a lot of young talent, which makes for a bright future.
ReplyDelete2: “The San Francisco 49ers have traded the second pick to the Chicago Bears. With the second pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select Mitchell Trubisky, quarterback, North Carolina.” -NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. This was the moment that it was announced that the Bears drafted Trubisky, who is the great quarterback that the Bears have not had in a long time.
3: “We have officially named Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as our new head coach.” -@chicagobears on Twitter. This quote officially announced that the Bears officially hired Nagy, who is a great coach that the Bears have not had in several years.
4: “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” -Mike Ditka. Ditka is a former Bears tight end and head coach. I picked this quote because it shows that winners don’t quit, and you should always give your best.
5. “When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.” -Walter Payton. Walter Payton is a former Bears running back and is the greatest running back to ever play football. This says that when people start to talk to you about how good you are, you are great at it. It also shows that you shouldn’t talk yourself up and be arrogant.
6: “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” -George Halas. Halas is the Bears founder, former player, coach, and owner. This quote shows that there is no reason to not give your best, because if you don’t, you might regret it later.
7: “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.” -Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was an Indian peace activist and leader of the Indian independence movement against the British. Gandhi always promoted peace, and, in this quote, he says that if everyone were to get revenge, there would be no peace and only pain and hatred.
8: “We are a country where people of all backgrounds, of all nation of origin, all religions, all races can make a home. America was built by immigrants.” -Hillary Clinton. Clinton ran for president in 2008 and 2016, winning the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 but did not win the election both times. This quote says that we should welcome all peoples into our country, just like the Native Americans did when we first came here.
9: “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.” -Mitt Romney. Romney ran for president in 2012 and won the Republican nomination for president but fell to incumbent Barack Obama. Romney is an outspoken Donald Trump critic and the quote pretty much speaks for itself. If you don’t get the Trump University reference, just Google it.
10: “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because it was always great.” -Meghan McCain. Meghan McCain is the daughter of former U.S. senator, Naval Captain, and prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. President Trump has always hated McCain because McCain is a good human being, and Trump has even went as far as to criticize McCain for being a POW. John McCain recently died from brain cancer, and this quote was said by Meghan at his funeral.
1) “I was a smart kid, but I hated school.” I choose this one because, it really remains me of myself. I do hate school and I hate the fact that we have to go just to get a job and grow old doing that one thing for the rest of our lives. –Eminem
ReplyDelete2) “Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.” I pretty much was born with a volleyball in my hands, I played and I was really good at it; even though I quit in seventh grade and I never joined again. I still play, just in my free time. – LeBron James
3) “Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy”.- your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself” I have always been a nature person and so is the rest of my family. I also danced since I was three, so when I am out in nature, on a gym floor or even just at my house in the laundry room, I feel like dancing. Dance is a big thing to me, and when I dance, I feel free! -Annie Leibovitz
4) “Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” So here’s the story about my depression. It was eleven years ago and my uncles Randal died of an overdose. He knew that he was going to die from all the drinks and drugs he put in his body, but for a five year old, that’s hard to handle. I also had to deal with my half brother and sister going to their moms’ house every other weekend, then having my half-brother walk out of my life when I was seven. -Michelangelo
5) “ADHD isn’t a bad thing, and you shouldn’t feel different from those without ADHD.” I was one of those kids that was interrupting people a lot. I also trouble waiting to do something and I could not stay still at all. I still have problems getting things done on time and focusing on one thing. –Adam Levine
6) “I am musical. I play guitar.” So I always thought about myself as a musical person because I grew up listening to all types of music. My sister tried to teach me how to play the piano as a child, that never worked out. Then I tried to play the clarinet and I had to quit playing because I couldn’t keep up with playing an instrument and doing school work. – Matt Rayn
7) “Family is not an important thing. It's everything.” I grew up hearing my parents that you don’t need friends, but they can help with some things. Friends come and go but family is forever.
8) “With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.” I just learned a couple weeks about that my mom’s youngest sister Sarah has stage 0 breast cancer. She is getting though it but it’s still hard to handle.
9) “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Last year I was going through a lot and I felt like I had nobody that cared for me. Soon after I met Parker and we have been to. -Lao Tzu
10) “You’re allowed to believe in a god. You’re allowed to believe unicorns live in your shoes for all I care. But the day you start telling me how to wear my shoes so I don’t upset the unicorns, I have a problem with you. The day you start involving the unicorns in making decisions for this country, I have a BIG problem with you. I was raised in a catholic family and I was also raised to not let anyone control what you do, but when it comes to high school and the world around me, it makes me feel like I can’t choose what I want to do when I want to do it. We shove our thoughts and what we think is right for that person right down their throat and it bothers me so much because I have the right to do whatever I want and if you don’t like what im doing then suck it up and move on. -Matt Shultz
1.) “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”- Albert Einstein
ReplyDeleteThis connects with me. You can't expect everyone to good at one thing, and if they aren't they don't qualify as a "genius". For example I am not good at your traditional sports: basketBALL, baseBALL, or another sports like that. But that doesn't mean I am not an athlete.
2.) “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”- Milton Berle
This reminds me that not everything is handed to you. GO OUT AND DO IT YOURSELF. I personally don't have an example, but however I have seen this is my uncle. After law school he couldn't seem to find a job because he didn't have experience, so he opened a law firm.
3.) "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”- Jimmy Johnson
Give the little extra. It will add up over time and be a lot. If you can't do the little things like an extra lap, then you can't do the big things. For example, in XC you can either run 1 warm up lap or 2. 1 extra lap might not seem like a lot but they add up.
4.) "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." - Native American proverb
Without the bad, we wouldn't know the good. If we never cried, we would not be able to recognize the joy. This is a great quote to remember when something rough is going on. Fighting is a part of friendships, but it is worth the fighting if it means you get the good times!
5.) “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
Sometimes you fail. Why is that a surprise? Did you expect to start out amazing at something? Remember, even Michael Jordan missed shots. He didn't give up. Example: The first race I got 4th, not that great. Next time, I got 2nd, still not that great. But I'm getting better each time and to me that is succeeding.
6.) “If you take away a person’s struggle, you take away their victory. It’s like pulling a caterpillar out of it’s cocoon before it’s time. It will never develop into a butterfly.” - Cameron C. Taylor
Just like this quote says, without the struggle, there is no victory. Just remember, the pain and the hardships are worth it if in the end you come out a victorious "butterfly". Example: I feel like the word XC is enough to explain this quote,
7.) “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Don't make your dream something small that isn't difficult to achieve. Aim high, shoot low. Example: Strive for first! Not 6th.
8.) “The best way out is always through.” –Robert Frost
Only way to fully achieve your goals is to push through. Example: You can't stop when the going gets tough!
9.) “It is our darkest moments that we must focus on the light.” –Aristotle Onassis
When your having a hard time pushing through, just think of why your here in the first place.
Example: When you feel like quitting just think about WHY.
10.) “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” –Joshua J. Marine
One again. Without a goal, life has no meaning.
It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home. ~Author Unknown
ReplyDeleteThis quote means something to me because I don’t think of my house as a house in which builders built. I cherish it as my home.
Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace.
I can connect to this quote because it represents my home. We can laugh and be ourselves. But when we can cry together and feel loved instead of judged.
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving
This quote reminds me of my mother. My mom is my best friend and she is always there for me. No matter what happens in this world I will have her.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig
I can relate to this quote because sometimes I fall into this path. I think I shouldn’t be happy because I don't have this in my life or I don’t have that. But once I take a step back, I realize that I have everything in my life that I need.
One true friend adds more to our happiness than a thousand enemies add to our unhappiness. -Marie Dubsky, Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1996), translated by Mrs Annis Lee Wister, 1882
I have learned over the past two years that as long as you have one true friend you don’t need to worry about the ones who are against you. Or those friends who say they are your friend, but deep down are not.
If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. ~Linda Sunshine, Mom Loves Me Best (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister), 2006
This quote made me laugh because sometimes I do want to just strangle her. But at the end of the day I love her, and I don’t know what I would do without her.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I can relate to this quote because throughout the past few years of my life have realized that if you put everything into what you're doing, and you still don’t come out with the outcome you expected then it is okay because you gave it all you had.
Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ~Author Unknown
This quote makes me realize that in my life no matter what life throws you there will always be a way to overcome it.
Everybody has their own story to tell. Your life is like a book that you don't ever get to put down. So make it interesting. ~Brian & Johnathan, www.thegaybeards.com
I can relate to this because my book is my life and I have the power to create it.
Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke
I really like this quote because I truly believe that no matter if you're on the wrong path now there is always a different one.