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.

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.

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.