Student Success Statement

Of all the choices you will ever make, one choice supersedes all others-the ultimate choice. This one choice will help you to always make correct decisions. This one choice, The ultimate Choice, is your keystone to being the best student and person you can possibly be. This one choice will forever affect you for good more than any other choice. THE ULTIMATE CHOICE is:

To be a CTR person- to always choose the right.

Reflection: You should always choose the right, because it'll affect you. If you choose the right, a lot of positive things will come your way.

Student Success Statement

"Success is not an accident. Success is actually a choice. Are the habits you have today on par with the dreams you have tomorrow?"

Alan Stein

This quote is saying that being successful is up to you. It is your choice whether you want to be successful or not. It isn't by accident, it's by choice.

Student Success Statement

"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."

-Thomas Carlyle 

This quote is saying that if you don't have a goal, then you aren't getting anywhere. You must have a goal in life to know where you are getting in life. 

You must have goals in order to achieve what you want. Having goals will help you get to where you want to be in life.

Student Success Statement

"If there is beauty in character,

there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home,

there will be order in the nation,

there will be peace in the world.

Conclusion:

If there is beauty in character, 

there will be peace in the world."

-Chinese Proverb 

Reflection: If you have a good character, you will know how to live your life without lying, cheating, etc.

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" I would prefer even to fail with honor, than win by cheating."

Sophocles 

Reflection: This quote is saying that it is better to be proud of something you've done without cheating, than to be proud of what you done knowing that you have cheated. 

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"The most important thing you will ever have is good values."

Dennis Prager 

Reflection: This quote is true, because if you have good values, it'll make you a good person, and that is what truly matters. 

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"Nothing is ever gained by doing what's wrong."

Wilford Woodruff 

Reflection: This quote is saying that doing what's wrong doesn't make you any better than anyone else, you don't gain anything out of it. 

Student Success Statement

An Internal Phenomenon

"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon:

self-respect, dignity, (self-worth), integrity, and self-esteem."

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Reflection: This quote is saying that doing the right thing will always give you self respect and dignity, and that'll make you proud of yourself. 

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"When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive."

Alan Paton 

Forgive:to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake.

This quote means that if you been through something bad with a person, the only way you'll ever recover from the pain is to forgive the person. Forgiving is the best thing to do in most situations. 

Student Success Statement

"Dare to Stand Alone."

Thomas S. Monson 

This statement is saying that don't be a follower and do what others are doing, because that might get you in trouble. It's better to be alone and choose the right.

Student Success Statement

" In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing."

Theodore Roosevelt

This means that in every moment of your life, the thing that is best for you to do is always do the right thing. No matter what you're going through, you should always do the right thing.

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"Make each day your masterpiece. You have to apply yourself each day to become a little better, and over a period of time you become a lot better."

John Wooden

UCLA

This quote is trying to say that the little things you do a day, can help you do a lot better over time.

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"It's a great moment when someone has character to step up and do the right thing at the right time."

Pam Knox

This quote is saying that we should always be doing what's right.

Student Success Statement

The 10 Indian Commandments

1. Treat the Earth and all the dwells therein with respect.

2. Remain close to the Great Spirit.

3. Show great respect to your fellow beings.

4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.

5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.

6. Do what you know to be right.

7. Look after the well-being of mind and body.

8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.

9. be truthful and honest at all times.

10. Take full responsibility for your actions.

These 10 commandments are teaching us how to choose the right.

Student Success Statement

"A promise must never be broken."

Alexander Hamilton

when you promise something to someone, that means you need keep that promise and not break it, why promise something if you're going to break it. 

Student Success Statement

Visualization-Imagination

" What you see is what you get"

Anonymous

reflection: Your future depends on you if you know what you want for yourself in the future, you will end up with what you want.

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" Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

Henry David Thoreau

It's trying to say that goodness is what will never fail you. Doing what's wrong will end up failing on you one day and you'll need to face the consequences.

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"My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they're popular; you make because they're right."

Theodore Hesburgh 

it's saying that we need to make decisions because they're right not because everyone else is doing that.

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" It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound (not good)."

Joseph Smith 

this quote is saying that we should mainly focus on talking about positive things, so more people can start thinking positive.

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" I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

Abraham Lincoln 

This is trying to say that surround yourself with only positive people, because if you hang out with the wrong people, they'll end up making you do what's wrong too.