For Week 2, we asked our students to pick an inspiration quote! Here are our responses:
“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
It is the courage to continue that counts”
– Winston Churchill
I can relate to this quote because in my opinion, you have to work hard to achieve something. If you think that you’ll succeed by just sitting around, you’re wrong. Success is a long process because it takes a lot of grit, perseverance, and passion. Even if you don’t have a particular talent, I believe that by working hard, you can attain whatever you want. Even if you think it’s impossible, you can prove yourself wrong. It’s ok to fail as long as you learn from your mistakes and grow from them. In conclusion, this quote relates to me the most!
Here are four of the quotes that have impacted me the most and what they mean to me:
4. Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman
It reminds me of optimism and that I’ll be happier if I look at the bright side of things.
3. The story of becoming beautiful isn’t about the ugly duckling becoming a swan; It is about the ugly duckling realizing it was a swan all along. – Leta Greene
This is inspiring for anyone with insecurities but helps before having to perform or speak in front of people I don’t know.
2. Those who fear the thorns cannot pick up the roses. – Anonymous
I found this while reading an E-book; It means that risks, failures, and pain come before greatness and beauty do.
1. Most people are so afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get it. – Anonymous
As someone who’s been called a people-pleaser before, this impacted me the most out of any quote or statement I have ever heard.
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light” – Aristotle
“When people ask me to follow my dreams, I go back to bed.”
A quote I can I relate to is, ” Keep your face always toward the sunshine- and shadows will fall behind you.” I think this is such an inspirational quote and if we all stay positive through these times, it’s true,our shadows and negativity will fall behind. I would always stress out and think negatively. Now, I realize that’s wrong. I would get put up with too much to do that I could not handle it. Later, I realized that all I need to do is crack a smile and I did. That is one of the greatest choices I’ve made. Smiling brought positivity into me and my goal is to spread that with the world. Now I only show my strengths not my weaknesses. I believe that positivity is what keeps this world running. For example, if a doctor said there is a 60% chance of not surviving and a 40% chance you will. What will you do? Well, from what I know most people will start crying or get very emotional. Then, there are the people that smile at the fact that it’s not a 1% chance of staying alive. This positivity is what will flow into the next person. So, what I am saying is that I realized that positivity and smiles keep this world running and a smile is a true Superhero!!
“Be brave.”
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