Student Success Statement

"Have the courage to say no.

Have the courage to face the truth.

Do the right thing because it is right."

W. Clement Stone

I think this quote means that if you have the courage to follow what your heart says is the best thing to do you will do the right thing. For example, if someone is asking you to ditch school with her or him, say no because you know it is not right. Have the courage to do what you like to do and not what someone else is expecting you to do because that is not having courage.

Student Success Statement

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of  the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think this quote means that when you persist on doing something it becomes easier. As long as you practice you are going to master whatever you want. For example, when you are trying to learn how to sew, you better practice or you would never learn. Everything in life is about practice, no one was born knowing how to walk but as babies we persisted until we did it and now we enforce that skill. Develop your skills by practicing. You could have as many skills as you want if you persist practicing.