REFLECTIONS
ASSIGNMENT
DIRECTIONS:
1. Open a Word Document
2. Place Name in a Header and Footer
3. File Save As: Reflections and date
4. Format the document any way you choose. Keep it on one page.
5. Pick 3 Quotes from around the room or from below.
6. Type each Quote
7. Then type a brief reason (5-7 sentences) why you picked the quote, what and/or how it applies to you
8. Remember to site the author of the quote
9. Save often
10. Proofread carefully
11. Print out this assignment upon completion.
ON BELIEVING IN YOURSELF
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people
always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become
great.
Mark
Twain (1835-1910) Humorist and Writer
ON BELIEVING IN YOURSELF
No one can
make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor
Roosevelt (1884-1962) U.S. First Lady and Humanitarian
ON LISTENING
In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone.
John Clendenin, Teacher
ON LISTENING
Be different--if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.
Ed Koch,
U.S. Politician
ON THE SPARK THAT IGNITES
THE FLAME
When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he didn't start by trying to improve the candle. He decided that he wanted better light and went from there.
Wendy
Kopp, Founder and president, Teach for
America
ON THE SPARK THAT IGNITES
THE FLAME
When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.
Konrad
Adenauer (1867-1967) , German Politician
ON FRIENDS
Good friends
are the sisters and brothers you found outside your family.
Do not
protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech
proverb
ON OPPORTUNITY
Do your work with goodwill and determination and opportunities will open up to you as naturally as flowers open to sunshine.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis
Bacon (1561-1626) , Philosopher and
Politician
ON GOING OUT ON A LIMB
Statistically--100 percent of the shots you don't take, don't go in.
Wayne
Gretzky, Hockey Player
ON GOING OUT ON A LIMB
When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
Leo
Burnett (1891-1971) , Advertising Executive
ON LIFE
Have you ever considered that if is at the center of life?
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny
Kaye (1913-1987) , Entertainer
ON PROBLEM SOLVING
Problems tend to growl at us like cowardly dogs. If we face them and challenge them, they back away. If we run from them, they run after us, snapping at our heels.
Freddie
Mitman, On the
Road to Success, Minerva Press
ON KINDNESS
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
French
proverb
ON KINDNESS
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.
Mother
Teresa (1910-1997) Missionary
ON BEING CAPABLE OF MORE
THAN YOU KNOW
Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
Edward
O. Wilson, Author and Biologist
ON PATIENCE
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Og
Mandino , Inspirational Writer
ON PATIENCE
Dreams in life may seem impossible. They are not. Impossible dreams are achieved one goal at a time.
Herman
Cain, Chairman of Godfather's Pizza
ON THINKING FIRST
Swallowing angry words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterwards.
H.
Jackson Brown, Jr. , Life's Little
Instruction Book Rutledge Hill Press
ON SUCCESS
You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future.
Zig
Ziglar, Motivational Speaker
and Writer
ON FOCUS
I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp in-focus picture of it in my head.
Jack
Nicklaus, Professional Golfer
ON POSITIVE OUTLOOK
If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.
Alan Loy
Mcginnis Writer and Counselor
ON YOU'LL NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY
You never know what can spring up from
a small idea until you give it a try.
David Longaberger (1934-1999)
ON
EXPERIENCE
Experience...is simply the name we give
our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Writer
ON SUCCESS
Here's a rule of thumb. If you think
there's a 50/50 chance of success or better, then go for it.
Mira Kirshenbaum , Psychotherapist
ON CHANGE
Embrace change. It's going to happen
whether you like it or not.