Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or women seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.”

B.C. Forbes

Reflection: What this quote means is that you must be honest. Someone that is honest is most likely a good person. When you are honest it pays off.  Not just in peace of mind but in some cases in money too.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Stop worrying about whether you’re going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what’s happening right this                 moment.”

Phil Jackson           

11 World championships

Reflection: What this quote is trying to say is that you shouldn’t worry about the future; you should worry about what is in your present. Don’t worry if you’re going to fail, just keep doing what you’re doing. As long as you tried it doesn’t matter if you fail or not. If you fail just keep trying until you succeed.  

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Reflection: What this quote means is that you can only be sure if you are telling the truth. If you’re telling a lie, you can’t be sure what you’re saying is right. that’s why this quote says that you can only stand on truth as a safe ground.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

Peter F. Drucker

Reflection: What this quote means is that you should first do what is right than do something that other people think as ok or something others approve of. You should do what you think is right; not what others accept. For example, if you think it’s good to do your work but your friends or people you know think it is silly then do what you think is right.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon—not a sprint.”

ANON

Reflection: What this quote is trying to say is that learning is not something you can just rush through, it takes time to learn things. It takes time to absorb things into your brain. You can’t just expect to learn things fast. 

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Student Success Statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

Muhammad Ali

Reflection: What this is trying to say is that if you don’t have imagination then it’s like a bird with no wings. For example, you have to creative to be a man with motivation to do things. 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

-Calvin Coolidge, 30^th president of the United States

Reflection: What this quote is saying is that if you have talent and you have a mentality of just keeping moving forward no matter what you will achieve your goals. Some men are unsuccessful and have many talents but they “press on” and he says. If you just keep going you will achieve what you want to achieve.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.”

Herbert Kaufman

Reflection: What this quote means is that even if you fail that you need to have ambition to push you to success. If you keep persisting then you will have victory. For example, if you try and try and fail, you will eventually become successful in whatever you’re trying to accomplish.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”

Confucius

Reflection: What this quote means is that if you see what is good and you do it then it means you are a courageous person. For example if you have the courage to say no to drugs and alcohol you have the courage to stand up for what you believe is the right thing to do.

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Student Success Statement

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

Matt Biondi

Reflection: What this means is that if you keep trying on whatever it is you want to do, that you will succeed. This is trying to say if you do keep trying and trying then and you fail eventually you will achieve your goals. 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Improve your performance by improving your attitude.”

ANON

Reflection: What this is trying to say is that you can do better if you change the way you act. If you have a good attitude toward something then you will get good at that thing or at least improve.

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Student Success Statement

“Always do right.”

Mark Twain

Reflection: what this quote is trying to say is exactly what is say, “always do right.” By this it mean be honest, hard-working, and trustworthy. Don’t be mean or judgmental. For example, if you have to choose from doing something bad to something good, do what you think is right.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Gold medals don’t make champions… hard work does.”

ANON

Reflection: This statement is trying to say that just because you have a medal doesn’t make you a winner. You have to get put in work to actually be rewarded.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is true test of moral character.”

Margaret Chase Smith

Reflection: This quote is trying to say that it is not always the easiest or maybe the “cool” thing to do but if you do stand up for what is right, it means you have good character.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bulls-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.”

Gilbert Arland

Reflection: What this quote is saying is that you can’t blame anyone for anything you do. It’s only you fault for whatever consequences you have. To get better consequences you must make better choices.

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Student Success Statement

“The first law of success …. Is concentration; to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.”

William Mathews

Reflection: What this quote means is that you have to be really focused on what you want to do so you can be successful. for example if you want to be a doctor you have to be dedicated to going to school to learn all the things you need to know.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Your future us created by what you do today, not tomorrow.”

Robert Kiyosaki

Reflection: What this quote means that whatever you do today is what will define your future. Not what you do tomorrow because tomorrow is your future. For example if you choose to do your work, your future will be successful because you will have good grades.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

NEVER
“There is no justification ever for choosing any part of what you know to be evil.”

Ayn Rand

Reflection: What this statement means is that if you know something is wrong, you shouldn’t do it. For example, if your so called friends tell you to steal something and you know it’s wrong, you shouldn’t do it. you shouldn’t even call those people your friends.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it’s ended up not being right.”

Mario Cuomo

(52^nd Governor of NY)

Reflection: What Mr. Mario is trying to say is that when you do something that isn’t right, you’ll usually feel it’s not right. For example, when you steal food from the market to bring food to your poor family. You may think you’re doing the right thing but actually you’re still stealing.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

The Three Don’ts

Don’t whine

Don’t complain

Don’t make excuses

           John Wooden

Reflection: This means that you have to suck it up and don’t whine, complain, or make excuses. For example when you want to be in a basketball team and you whine about doing to many workouts. If you complain about the workouts it’s showing that you really don’t want to be in the team. Another example is if you are late to practice or to a game and you make excuses like “oh, it’s because my mom couldn’t bring me.” It’s not your mom’s team it’s yours so you have to show you’re responsible.