Sunday, October 27, 2013

Don't Give Up!

This week, we briefly discussed our personal values and mottoes. Mottoes express our true goals, ideals, and beliefs; however, I believe that one motto is not enough. One single, concise sentence cannot possibly describe everything that we stand for as well as all of the values that we truly revere and strive to follow. The first motto that I came up with is, "Don't give up on your dreams and your dreams will never give up on you." Just when you think you are ready to give up, you must always think on the time when you finally succeed and fulfill your aspirations. As long as you keep trying, there is no way you can fail. Your mistakes do not lead to your failure; rather, it leads to your success as you build from it and bounce back. This motto will always remind me to keep going and never quit on my dreams. However, I will always remember many other inspiring quotes that I have come across over the years. Here are just some of them.

Vince Lombardi: "Winners never quit and quitters never win. It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
He tells us that only winners have the will to win, the will to come back, and the will to continue on.

Ronald Reagan: "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
I admire this quote because it relates to my strong belief in giving back to the community. One person cannot do everything by himself/herself, but if everyone contributes a little part here and there, the world would not only be a better place for current society, but also for the generations to come.

I thought about John Kennedy's chiasmus, "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." I broke it down to a simpler chiasmus, "Ask not what society can do for you -- ask what you can do for your society. They're both nearly identical, but I feel that helping society is much more important than helping your country. You live to attempt to make a difference, an impact in this world. You live to be successful, a way of success that only you can define for yourself. You live to die on your own terms, to die when you know that you have accomplished everything that you have ever wanted to accomplish.

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