Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Message of Quotes
We never come to think about what is the message that the quote is trying to convey on a person. By this I am not saying that cool quotes are negative because if they were I wouldn't be talking about cool quotes. Anyways, quotes as I mention in my last blog are not only inspirational, but they send a positive message of being aware and taking things in life to advantage. Many of us read about cool quotes that give us a message to make our self's better, but I don't really know any person who as looked at a quote in more depth to really know what the message is. With this said I am trying to say that when we see a good quote, we read it and understand it, but do we play really close attention to the words being used or why that quote was written.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Not All Quotes are Inspirational
You may be asking why I made the choice of putting as the title that not all quotes are inspirational and the reason for that is that if you think about it not all quotes push you to keep trying, but some give you a message that warns you. By warns you I mean it lets you see life in a different way and that you should take advantage of it and not waste time. Some quotes tell you to take advantage of the opportunities you have in life because you may not have another opportunity to do it again. This can apply to anything that a person does in life like at school, work, etc.
A quote that can demonstrate this would be a quote by Jim Rohn, "Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time." From reading this quote we can pretty much see that it is self explanatory. I agree with the quote because money comes and goes, but time doesn't and the time that you waste you will never get it back. An example that this quote reminds me of is something that I used to do all the time, but now I'm trying to change. I used to say that today I will rest and I'll do this tomorrow. Something that I didn't think about was that I didn't know what I will be doing tomorrow and if I was going to have time to do what I was leaving for tomorrow. In reality what I was doing is building up more work for myself. I think that every individual should take care of their time wisely and take every single second into consideration and to advantage.
Quotes can say many things, but at the same time teach you a valuable lesson that will help you in many ways. The quote I mentioned above is one of the many quotes that give you a good and helpful message, but just imagine how many of those types of questions are in the world. If you guys have any quotes please tell me about them because it will be really helpful. Hopefully by next time I could find a link that shows how many quotes like this one there are.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Are Quotes Really Significant?
When it come to quotes you don't really ever pay attention to if it is a really good quote. If it weren't a really good quote then it wouldn't be out there in the first place, right. I guess what I am trying to say is when is it that a quote is significant. To me a quote is significant when you hear it and it sends or gives you a message that you cannot forget. A quote that relates to you and helps a person out. Quotes can be significant to some people and not to others. I've been hearing about that not all quotes seem to be inspirational or good, but just as a reminder I am focusing on the topic of cool quotes. Not all quotes seem to fit in the same category of succeeding, but some are to make someone feel better and not as if they don't have a chance at something.
A quote I will like to share out is, "Excellence is not an act, but a habit."To me this quote is saying that trying to become better at something isn't something that you do, but it is something that is already in you and you will always try to make it. It is surprising that such a small quote can mean something big to person. Take for example the quote above. Quotes can be long, short any way that you like, but just know that they all contain a message that makes a person think about and do the right thing instead of making the wrong choice.
Thinking about it this reminds me about the double entry journals that we need to do in the 11th grade Humanities class. We pick 5- 10 quotes from the reading Freakonomics and next to them we make an analysis and the response we write out turns out to e longer than the quote we choose. Sometimes you just don't need to talk about what the quote means to you, but sometimes you can make connections that lead to the quote or the quote sometimes leads. Cool Quotes can lead a person to really big things and that is good because then it means that the quote was really significant to the person that connected to it.
A quote I will like to share out is, "Excellence is not an act, but a habit."To me this quote is saying that trying to become better at something isn't something that you do, but it is something that is already in you and you will always try to make it. It is surprising that such a small quote can mean something big to person. Take for example the quote above. Quotes can be long, short any way that you like, but just know that they all contain a message that makes a person think about and do the right thing instead of making the wrong choice.
Thinking about it this reminds me about the double entry journals that we need to do in the 11th grade Humanities class. We pick 5- 10 quotes from the reading Freakonomics and next to them we make an analysis and the response we write out turns out to e longer than the quote we choose. Sometimes you just don't need to talk about what the quote means to you, but sometimes you can make connections that lead to the quote or the quote sometimes leads. Cool Quotes can lead a person to really big things and that is good because then it means that the quote was really significant to the person that connected to it.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Different Quotes
Quotes can fall into many categories by topic, author or type of author. Quotes that are categorized by topic have only 40 types of different topics. If we talk about quotes categorized into author's or type of author's there are to many. People can write quotes about pretty much everything that we can think of. There are quotes about time, war, humor, and imagination only to name a few.
An example of a quote about time is by William Penn,"Time is what we want, but what we use worst." Another type of quote is about war which is,"If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?" by Joan Baez. Many of these quotes make you think and to me these quotes I just specifically stated are true and sad. A lot and I would say pretty much all quotes that we see and hear have different types of emotion in them which I would say it is the reason why some are really appealing to us.
An example of a humorous quote is,"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding," by Agnes Reppepplier. An example of and imagination quote is, "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds," by Gilbert K. Chesterton. Quotes in different topics can make you feel down and other up and relaxed. For example, the qoute is the previous paragraph are more down than the quotes above which make you feel better.Quotes are many things and that to me it is amazing because I never knew that before and now I know what quotes can do.
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An example of a quote about time is by William Penn,"Time is what we want, but what we use worst." Another type of quote is about war which is,"If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?" by Joan Baez. Many of these quotes make you think and to me these quotes I just specifically stated are true and sad. A lot and I would say pretty much all quotes that we see and hear have different types of emotion in them which I would say it is the reason why some are really appealing to us.
An example of a humorous quote is,"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding," by Agnes Reppepplier. An example of and imagination quote is, "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds," by Gilbert K. Chesterton. Quotes in different topics can make you feel down and other up and relaxed. For example, the qoute is the previous paragraph are more down than the quotes above which make you feel better.Quotes are many things and that to me it is amazing because I never knew that before and now I know what quotes can do.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
What are Quotes?
Quotes are phrases that can be interpret in many different ways to many people. I've been speaking of familiar quotes that we've may of heard of and what those quotes mean to me. In really I don't know what a quote can mean to another person that isn't me. We all have different perspectives of things and especially when it comes to quotes. A quote can be the same, but it can mean something good for one person and something bad for another.
One quote is "What really matters is what you do with what you have" by H.G Wells. It all depends on what you understand from the quote. For example, to me it could be saying that what am I going to do with my life. All the things that I am going or have in life what am I going to do with that for my future.
Quotes can be confusing which is maybe one of the reasons we have very different views about them. If you pay close attention to what it is saying you can be asking yourself questions. For example, in the quote above what can they be talking about with saying "what you have". It can be your cell phone, your pet, or your education. This is something I ask myself, but you tell me what does it mean to you?
One quote is "What really matters is what you do with what you have" by H.G Wells. It all depends on what you understand from the quote. For example, to me it could be saying that what am I going to do with my life. All the things that I am going or have in life what am I going to do with that for my future.
Quotes can be confusing which is maybe one of the reasons we have very different views about them. If you pay close attention to what it is saying you can be asking yourself questions. For example, in the quote above what can they be talking about with saying "what you have". It can be your cell phone, your pet, or your education. This is something I ask myself, but you tell me what does it mean to you?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Quotes
Cool Quotes are not only considered to be positive. There are cool quotes that help people become a better person, take action, and makes a person see things in a different way. There are many quotes out there that we rarelly hear of and are said by people that really believed in what those quotes meant to them. These people did not only write these quotes for themselves, but also for the audience that reads them and it has a meaning to them.
One of these quotes is by Mahatma Gandi that stated,"Action expresses priorities." To me this means that a person has the right to do what he or she wants to do without an explanation. Gandhi was leader that fought for the independence of India. He did many things through action that made him free India. For example, Indians couldn't walk around in the streets without a ticket. Gandhi disagreed with that law and he gather people where he started burning those tickets. Gandhi was badly beaten for that, but that did not stop him from freeing India.
Cool quotes makes a person see that they can't give up if a person is in a bad or good situation. If a person is in a bad situation they can achieve and if they are in a good situation they can achieve even more. There are millions and millions of quotes out there and not all belong in the same topic. If any one has any suggestions of quotes tell me so that I can get ideas of what are some of the other quotes out there. Cool quotes are different things to different people.
One of these quotes is by Mahatma Gandi that stated,"Action expresses priorities." To me this means that a person has the right to do what he or she wants to do without an explanation. Gandhi was leader that fought for the independence of India. He did many things through action that made him free India. For example, Indians couldn't walk around in the streets without a ticket. Gandhi disagreed with that law and he gather people where he started burning those tickets. Gandhi was badly beaten for that, but that did not stop him from freeing India.
Cool quotes makes a person see that they can't give up if a person is in a bad or good situation. If a person is in a bad situation they can achieve and if they are in a good situation they can achieve even more. There are millions and millions of quotes out there and not all belong in the same topic. If any one has any suggestions of quotes tell me so that I can get ideas of what are some of the other quotes out there. Cool quotes are different things to different people.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Welcome
Welcome fellow friends to my concept of cool quotes where quotes are considered inspirational and authentic. Cool quotes, what are really cool quotes? To me cool quotes are quotes that help us remember to look at situations in a positive way and to always keep your head up. One of my favorite quotes is, "To succeed you've got to believe."If you don't believe in yourself you are never going to get that far. If you don't get far you don't have a future of success.
Many people use quotes that inspire them to achieve their goals. Some just have their favorite quote or quotes that represents who they are. Many of these quotes are quotes that we've all heard of and use in many occasions. For example, "You will not achieve anything if you don't try your best and put your mind into it." Cool quotes can mean different things to different people and it helps each person in a different way. Few of these many quotes are used at schools to constantly always remind use who we are as a community. Many cool quotes can be made up and still have a positive change in us.
I wonder if there are any other cool quotes that don't state always about succeeding in life, but quotes that say other messages that still bring a positive attitude. I will to learn more cool quotes that may aply to me and mean anthing to anyone. I want to know how many cool quotes are out there in the world? From all the quotes out there which ones seem to be used the most? Cool quotes I believe are used every day or almost everyday and that to me is a good thing. It is good beacuse it means that they will never be out from life's and will constantly be with us all our life's.
Many people use quotes that inspire them to achieve their goals. Some just have their favorite quote or quotes that represents who they are. Many of these quotes are quotes that we've all heard of and use in many occasions. For example, "You will not achieve anything if you don't try your best and put your mind into it." Cool quotes can mean different things to different people and it helps each person in a different way. Few of these many quotes are used at schools to constantly always remind use who we are as a community. Many cool quotes can be made up and still have a positive change in us.
I wonder if there are any other cool quotes that don't state always about succeeding in life, but quotes that say other messages that still bring a positive attitude. I will to learn more cool quotes that may aply to me and mean anthing to anyone. I want to know how many cool quotes are out there in the world? From all the quotes out there which ones seem to be used the most? Cool quotes I believe are used every day or almost everyday and that to me is a good thing. It is good beacuse it means that they will never be out from life's and will constantly be with us all our life's.
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