Drive

"When someone tells me there is only one way to do things, that lights a fire under my butt. My Instant reaction is, I'm gonna prove you wrong." -Picabo Street

I was amazed when I found a quote that describes how I go about attaining my drive down to a T. When someone says there is no other way, I work and work until I find another way to accomplish the task

Theory of Knowledge

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." - Socrates

This quote is a direct summary of the class Theory of Knowledge. Justifying ones knowledge is unimaginably hard, almost impossible, except justifying that you do not know anything.

Insightful quotes 2

"Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy." - Tony Robbins

Nerds

I once read a quote that really changed the way I think about people in school: "Be nice to nerds, chances are you will be working for one" this is quoted from Bill Gates. Before I read this I only made friends with people who were like me, however this quote aroused my desire to be successful, which in turn made me come out of my shell and become much more outgoing to all kinds of people, not just 'nerds'.

Insightful Quotes

"You can never solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem in the first place." - Albert Einstein

Success

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

I love quotes that have a deeper message by calling on a detail most people do not notice.

Education

"Why get an education? How do you convince anyone you are worth anything if you don't invest in yourself?" - Dr. Danielle Babb

This quote made me reflect on my desire to recieve an education in other terms than just to have an education. I would not buy a product that someone else put no thought into, so why would I expect an employer to hire me if I took no time to make myself a good hire.

Application of abilities

"The winners in life constantly think in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do." - Denis Waitley

This quote greatly reminds me of my step father. He always says what he should have done, that he has the ability to do anything but he cannot now.