'S' Comes Before 'W' Only in A Dictionary

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary" - Donald Kendall

Does 's' come before 'w'? Why, of course it does! According to Donald Kendall's words about effort, 'success' starting with 's', will only be before 'work' starting with 'w' in the dictionary. Effort is physical or mental power. You cannot do things without putting forth effort. To succeed you first need to work to get there, not the other way around. To be successful, you have to have effort. Without it, all things in life would be handed to you. Success is not served on a platter, nor is it just given to you. Therefore, it is true that the word 'success', will only be before 'work' in an alphabetical order, like the dictionary. Remember Donald Kendall's words, success requires effort. This is my favorite quote.

Friendship
Without friendship where would our world be? Would we all be in one giant war? Whenever we get upset or mad the first people we go to are our friends; they understand us an seem to keep us from falling apart when we crack. Just like President Woodrow Wilson said, "Friendship is the only cement that keeps this world from falling apart." Friendship holds us all together, no other thing in the world will glue you to a person the way friendship will. In true friendship you know you can mess up an your friend will still be there for you no matter what. Imagine if our world leaders had no friends in other countries or had never made peace with each other. We would all be stuck in in one giant war. Sure, there will always be fights and wars but, when this happens friendship will help put it back together. People think that they can fill up these cracks with alcohol, drugs, and lies but, these things only fill the cracks temporarily and then they deepen them. There is no substitute for the way a friend can make you feel like they can fix everything. So when life gets crazy an everything feels like it is falling apart go to a friend, because " Friendship is the only cement that will hold this world together."

Champions

Muhammad Ali once stated, "Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-- a desire, a dream, a vision." What this means are that champions are made by how they think about things. How they picture things happening and acting upon that thought. When you plan big you go big. That is what Muhammad Ali did to make it where he is today. I could not agree with him more. You must want it to get it. You must conclude in your mind that you want to succeed more than anybody else. if you cannot see yourself prospering there is no point. Your heart must desire that champion feeling and accomplishment if you want what muhammid got. A great amount of confidence is required to succeed in anything in life. Including championship. I have a great amount of respect for Muhammad Ali.

The Purpose of Life

My favorite quote is "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." ~ James Dean. The part about dreaming as if you'll live forever represents the younger version of me. Being naive, I believed everything was possible and nothing could hold me back. I had no regrets and no doubts. The world was just a magical place to me. Now, reality has sunken in and life can be disappointing at times. However, dreams give us a purpose to stay motivated. Why not try to achieve the impossible? The worst thing I could do would be to watch my dreams slip away. Live as if you'll die today reminds me to never take my life for granted. Many people don't appreciate what they have until they've lost it. We should be going out into the world, doing the things we have delayed, saying the things we haven't said, and experiencing life to the fullest. Every second counts so make the most of it.

phillippians 4:13

Phillippians 4:13 For I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.
This is my favorite bible verse. It is kinda self explainatory. But it means I can do anything because christ gives me strength. I can do anything along as its through christ. I think paul means that as long as he keeps preaching about Christ anything is possible. I think this is a great quote. I also think it means as long as you believe in christ he will help you through things. He is always with you even when you are struggling. It also means you must try to do things in your life through Christ because he knows whats right. Just like how the only way to heaven is through christ. That is what i think the quote means. This is my favorite quote.

Change We Want To See

The quote that I chose is, “We must be the change we want to see.” This quote comes from Mahatma Gandhi, a political and ideological leader of India. He was also an influential philosopher. I chose this quote because I feel that it shows the dilemma of people wanting things to change, but won’t stand up and say something about it. There are so many people who say the things we need to do but don’t want to be the example. We can be the change by standing up to the little things in life. To see change we must take initiative for that change. We must become that positive force. Become what it is that we want to see. If you want to see more kindness in the world then go out of your way to be nice. Don’t be that person who stands in the back wanting to do something but not doing it. So next time be the change you want to see.

Real Fishing

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot" ~Steven Wright is my favorite quote. Obviously, if you do not know what you are doing or saying, it makes you look like an idiot or dumb. It is quite easy to tell the difference in someone who does not know how to do something compared to someone who does. This quote can aply to anything, even doing math work. Not just fishing. A real fisherman makes very few mistakes that only he/she knows about but an "idiot" makes thousands of mistakes in just one cast. I consider myself a "real fisherman." This is the perfect quote to describe me in my eyes. I live for fishing, I consider it my #1 hobbie in life. I am very competative when I fish and try to succeed at catching the most, which happends about 99% of the time. According to this quote I would label myself as the person actually fishing, not just standing on shore like an idiot. This quote has impacted me on not being an idiot but striving to be the one that stands out, knowing what their doing.

Moments That Take My Breath Away

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away." - Anonymous

The quote “Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away” has several meanings to me. When I first read this quote, I thought about the times my grandparents told me about the experiences of their lifetimes. The stories were not about the times they were at work, but the times they did and saw things that were unforgettable. We have to do remarkable things everyday because it is only the special moments that you will remember. I believe that people should not wait for these moments but seek out these moments everyday. When people realize they only have a year or a few months to live, they decide to go ahead and do the things that may "take" their breath away. They may choose to go sky diving or take that long plane ride to visit a foreign country to see breath taking views. Someone may live a long time and have many breaths, but many of them may not have taken their breath away. Another thought that comes to my mind, is that it isn’t how long a life you live, but how meaningfully you live life. It means that I must focus my life on what I enjoy and the important things in life that mean the most to me. Life is full of magical moments that will take my breath away. I must have an open mind and seek these moments that will take my breath away by reading, traveling and communicating with others. I hope to always be curious and have wonder about the world so that I can continue to have moments that take my breath away. If I am successful in accomplishing this goal, then I will live a meaningful and happy life. I hope my life will be full of moments that take my breath away!

Does This Really Help?

“Every little bit counts,” –Unknown. This quote means a lot to me for many reasons, it helped me realize facts about life, it helped me into the right club, and it helps others. If you turn on your television anytime of the day you will see something happening in the world that is unfathomable. For example, the BP disaster or a young child being kidnapped. Young children being kidnapped is one of the more current things going on. When I first heard this quote, I realized how many things in this world are going wrong and how hard it is to help with it all! Yet this quote, “every little bit counts,” helps me to realize that putting posters up of that little girl/boy might help them get found ; going to schools and collecting things to help clean up the oil spill would help too. That is one of the reasons I am in BETA, because it is not just a club, it is a group of young citizens that want to help the world. No matter what, we will always know that whatever we do for our community will count. For example, recycling is a big one. You might think it doesn't do much for you to recycle one can, but that one can will help to make a new one. So, next time you are doing something for your community and you start to wonder if it means anything to anyone, think of this quote and its meaning.

Do something you love, never work a day in your life.

A saying that stuck with me was "If you do something you love, you will never work a day in your life."I was never sure where I first heard it, but i still trust it all the same. My perception is that if you like your job that it will not fell like work. It sounds like the ideal way to live your life. However, I also know that for that to be true i will need to work for it. This gives me the drive to work hard and better myself. It gives me the motivation to percivere. So when i hear someone ask me why I am working so hard I have only one response. So that I do not have to work this hard when I am older.

You can't win without losing

"You can't win without losing," is spoken by a close family member. I have done this day in and day out. To be a student- athlete, you have to commit to good grades, good behavior, hard work, and to the hours of practice you have to do to get better at. You might be wanting to do something for the weekend, but you have to work on your blocking technique instead. Also, you could have a job you have to do on weekends, so there goes playing xbox at your friends house(I don't play xbox anyhow, just trying to make a point). Eventhough you have to stay after school everyday to sweat your but off and hit, it is all worth it once gameday comes. When you are about to play, and you are listening to the fans cheer and the band playing just as you run onto the field. You will know that all that time you lost was worth it. The blood, sweat, and tears are all worth having afterschool if for that one day everyweek, you get to be under the lights of Jacket Stadium. You can't get to that point without losing time in the first place afterschool. In the end though, it is my favorite thing to do on weekdays when we don't have a game. Many people know what I am saying, and understand how it is worth it.

"Keep Moving Forward"

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things. Because we are curious..and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”–Walt Disney

This quote has a very important message to it. A lot of people,mostly teens, hold grudges or live in the past. We are too afraid to try new things and open new doors. To me this quote can really help a person move on and continue on with life. It is telling you to stop living in the past and move forward. Go explore and try new,crazy things! It's alright to be curious! That curiosity can lead you down better and brighter paths! This quote is my favorite quote and can always make me smile!

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. -Confucius

I picked this quote because I believe it is something people, especially teenage girls, should think about. People have a tendency to focus on flaws, whether they are their own or belong to someone else. The teenagers in this generation only seem to care about appearances. Suicide is growing ever more popular with teenagers that are uncomfortable with their appearances. Maybe we should look at this quote and realized that we are all beautiful in our own way. If you ever really think about what people say to you, you would probably realize that you mostly remember the negative stuff. Therefore, next time you have something negative to say about someone, think about how you may not see their beauty. Also think about how what you are saying could affect them. It is amazing how someone from centuries ago can grasp something so simple, yet so misunderstood by society today. But what do you expect when we are taught from birth, that beauty is what you see, when in actuality beauty is a person's whole self. This quote is beautiful and it explains everything and everyone in the world. Even the thing you are most terrified of, has beauty you just may not see it.

Reflection of Chocolate

I decided to chose the quote, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what your going to get."-Forrest Gump. This quote means a lot to me because it describes my life and everyone I know. It describes all our lives because in life you never know what is going to happen to you or to someone next. Life is also like a box of chocolate because on most boxes the lids have guides to tell you which piece is which. The guides are important because you may rip it off and throw it to the side and then grab the piece you may not want. This is just like in life when you do not take the time to think about consequences or to read them guides or rules set out for you. Life is like chocolate in the boxes because I personally do not like coconut and if I rush into the box I may accidentally grab the coconut. The reason this is significant is because at first I am glad I got chocolate but then as I start to eat it I realize it is coconut and I regret my decision quickly and I know that if I would have taken the time to look at the guide and think about my consequences I would not have this nasty taste in my mouth. Life is like the taste it leaves in your mouth because you can always spit out the chocolate or stop doing what your doing but the taste or consequence will still linger there. Life is also like chocolate cause you may not always like your options and you can choose not to take any of them or make a decision you may not like. Finally, I believe life is like chocolate because someone may offer you something like chocolate like in life when someone offers you something or gives you a decision to make and on your own you can make the decision to take it or do it. So, in conclusion I believe that life is very much like a box of chocolates and that Forrest Gump is a very make man.

Friends

A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past , a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insaner world.~Lois Wyse.
" A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world." is the quote I chose. I chose this quote because it was the most meaningful to me. My interpretation of this quote is that without friends we would not have any connection to life To me, this is so true. Friends give us the memories that we can treasure forever. Friends also give us memories to look forward to. The meaning that this quote has on me is that friends are everything. If I didn't have my friends, I would be living a plain and boring life. A friend is a person we can trust, talk to, and have fun with. If I am feeling down I can go to my friends, and I know they will be able to cheer me up. This is a quote that I will always think about when I think about my friends. Those are the reasons why this quote is meaningful to me.