On February 1st, we found our favorite Chinese philosophy quotes and explained what they mean. Now, you will find a quote (from anyone, any time period) to share and explain. Feel free to share more than one quote. You may also write your own!!!
Example:
"When anger rises, think of the consequences." Confucius (551-479 BC)
I think this means that: When people get angry, they should think of the consequences before they do or say something they will regret.
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"Be careful because you might wake up one day and realize you lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones." I didn't say who wrote the quote so I don't know. \
This means that I't better to have one really great thing (I think People) in your life than a bunch of not so great people.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein
This means that your imagination can go on forever, while you learn all of the knowledge of the world, and then there is nothing left to learn.
“To shun life, to not appreciate the vitals in life, is putting our lives in peril.”
If we decide not to learn the important things in life and if we don’t appreciate or we throw away what we have, then we can’t survive.
You don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
Wayne Gretzky once said, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." This means that if you don't take a shot, you're not going to make it because you didn't even try. This quote is a very popular quote throughout sports.
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible!"
-Audrey Hepburn
I think this quote is very motivational because it is saying that you can do anything, because of the way she says that in the word impossible it has I'M POSSIBLE!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” –Emerson
It means that nothing can really be achieved without a positive view on the world and everything around you.
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”
- Zhuangzi
This means you don’t need to look for happiness because it is right in front of you. You have happiness in you and don’t need more.
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
-Confucius (551-479 BC)
I think it means that: If you choose a job that you love you won't have to work a day in your life because if you like that job it would be to fun.
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
What this means to me is that u cannot give up and keep on trying until you achieve your goal
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A famous quote is "Live every day like it was your last"
What that means is don't waist your life doing nothing. Live every day as if it were your last, like go on a scary ride go sky diving, make your life fun don't just sit there. Read ever book imaginable go to the museum do any thing you want to. Do what ever makes you happy!
"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love."
- Tiger Woods (still alive today)
I think this means that: getting paid to do what you love is cool because, your "job" won't feel like work if you love it.
The phrase not the sharpest tool in the shed by anonymous means she or he is a little on the mental side or does not think right. The phrase a dog is not a man's best friend unless it follows commands by me means you got to listen to rules and obey them.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
meaning: you will nt get somehing you want if you demand y
Whether it is raging fire or the whip of wind,never let obstacles get in the way of your dream(s).
-Me (Eve)
"I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.” -?
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” -Robert McCloskey
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” -Oscar Wilde
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” -Albert Einstein
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” -Mark Twain
This quote by Mark Twain means, when you lie, you have to remember so many different things. But when you tell the truth, you don’t have to stick with a lie.
“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” - Lord Byron
This quote by Lord Byron (who is that?), means laughing helps you like medicine. So laugh while you can.
“Why sleep when you can be up and having fun?” –Parrot
“A penny saved is a penny earned.” –Benjamin Franklin
This quote by Benjamin Franklin means, in my opinion, don’t spend your money too quickly because when you save a penny, it’s like you earned it because you didn’t use it. Then, you can spend your money for what you were saving up for.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
- Confucius (551 B.C.-479 B.C.)
I think it means to be the better person, but nobody is perfect. Be someone that many like, even though you are not perfect, or be someone that is not likes, and be perfect.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/confucius.html#ixzz1lGVn3u5j
A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
-Tom Brady
I think this means that the people who work hardest succeed in the end. It also means that even if you are good at something you have to work to get better or you will lose your skill. You also have to have a good heart to achieve your goal.
Quote: All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney 1901- 1966
I think that this means all your dreams can come true, but only if you try to make them happen.
Quote: A child miseducated is a child lost.
- John F. Kennedy 1917- 1963
I think this means that if a child is not educated properly than he won’t be able to find his way through life.
It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop. It means It doesn't matter how bad you are at something as long as you keep trying.
Mike Krzyzewski once said, “A basket ball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That’s how I want you to play.”
I think this means to play aggressively, because a fist is a sign of aggression. This shows he wants them to play aggressive.
As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
-William Shakespeare B. April 26th 1564
D. April 23rd 1616
Don’t get too ambitious in life, don’t want to many things. Don’t be greedy. Instead be brave and courageous
"It ain't over 'til it's over” -- Yogi Berra (1925-).
This means that no matter what, never give up until the game is over. The quote "It ain't over 'til it's over” in everyday life is like board games and bidding on eBay. There is always a chance to win until the activity is over.
Fear comes from within, so why fear anything but yourself?
I wrote this one although someone may have said something similar before. I don't know of anything besides what FDR said.
This is a quote I found that was made by Boethius
(480 – 525 A.D.)
“Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.”
I think that means that nothing is actually bad unless you make it that way for yourself. Also that everything is neutral until you change it in your point of view.
This is a quote I found that was made by Boethius
(480 – 525 A.D.)
“Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.”
I think that means that nothing is actually bad unless you make it that way for yourself. Also that everything is neutral until you change it in your point of view.
Beauty is in everyone one, but not everyone can see it.
-Maddie Fucheck (2000- still living)
What Maddie I think is trying to say is, everyone has beauty but not everyone appreciates it.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John Barrymore
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_dreams.html#ixzz1lGq2AAhO
It makes me think if you live happy when your old you are not really old. But if you are always sad and regret your life then you are truly old. Thomas Sinclair
It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.
Drew Brees (2007-2012)Going on and one
It means it is important to be in good but do no be in bad.
Here's a tip for living: Live!
-Key Deer
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
- Emile Zola (1840-1902)
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
I think what Thomas Edison’s message was that being a genius is only a little bit inspiration and the rest is hard work.
Every strike brings me closer to a home run
Babe Ruth
I think that means every strike make me mad and i hit the ball harder every time.
Words are not birds, the word will fly out you will not catch it.
Meaning- Watch what you’re saying you might lose a friend forever.
I made it up!!!
my famous quote is "flout like a butterfly sting like a bee" by Mohamad Ali. i think the quote means you can be really fast and small and still knock someone out with one punch.
A Lie can not live- Martin Luther King
It means that if you tell a lie that the person you lied to will find out.
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
-Jack Canfield
I think this quotes is meaning to say that if you want something, there is always something to hold you back. Say you want and iPod, for example. A fear would be, for me at least, is "can I afford it?" Another example is if you want to buy a book. Maybe a fear would you not being able to read it; maybe it's to hard.
"There's gonna be a time when people say you can't do something or live your dreams. And there's gonna be a time when people say you can't sell out Madison Square Garden, but you know what I say? NEVER, SAY, NEVER."
- Justin Drew Bieber♡
This means that a lot of people in life are going to try to knock you down. But you can't let them. You have to stand up, and do what you want.(:
Oh, these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.
- Mark Twain
1835-1910
Twain wrote this in a letter. It was put into a book called “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain,” where I found it. This is what I think of it: I think it means that human kind is messed up and stupid. We get into big wars. Also, every one is so greedy and out to get power that we are ruining the place we live in, a.k.a. the world. I think that most smart people would not want to be responsible for the creation of humankind the way it is. Our actions are sometimes embarrassing. I think Twain was right on the dot with this statement.
‘’Anyone who thinks sitting in a church can make you a Christian must also think sitting in a garage makes you a car.’’
Religious people think they are Christian and Catholic because they sit in a church, so he saying that if you were to sit in a garage you will be a car, because if you think about it's the same thing.
Garrison Keillor-
My quote
‘’For every minute you’re angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.’’
Ethan Landron
“Two people can look at the same thing and see it differently..”
-Justin Bieber
If someone looks at something and thinks it’s ugly. Another person comes to see it, and it’s beautiful.
“Whenever I'm sick, my doctor jokes that I have Beiber Fever!”
-Justin Bieber
“During a test, people look up for inspiration, down in desperation, and left and right for information.”
-Unknown
"Everything has beauty, but not everybody sees it" Confucius 551-479 BC.
I think this means that everyone has beauty and is special in one way or another, but some people don't take the time to notice it.
If you belive it your mind can achive it.
-Joe Paterno
If you belive you can do something you can do it.
And remember, no matter where you go you there
It basically means that if you want to go somewhere you will make it there
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
be as great as you can act as in thought is what i think it means.
I have 3 quotes. They are all from celebrities.
“I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a brat, okay."
-Madonna ♥
What Madonna is saying is that she will keep on moving up no matter what. If people try and get in her way, she'll step around them and keep on climbing the ladder of success.
"Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no makeup on, that's when you're the prettiest I hope that you don't take it wrong"
-Drake ♥
I think what Drake is saying that most girls try too hard. When girls go out in their revealing clothes and caked on makeup the only guys chasing after them is their fathers telling them to "put some clothes on!" and the boys at school that are too ignorant to see the beauty underneath all the fake.
"Everybody's the same color with the lights off."
-CeeLo Green ♥
Okay, this is really simple. CeeLo is saying that even if we look black, white, olive, or even purple we're all the same color in the dark and any color doesn't matter!
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
Joyce A. Myers
I think this means that if you have an idea and wisdom to share it and not care what others think you can change everyones life.
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
-Confucius
I think it means that if you have a job you enjoy, it will not feel like work
"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack." ~ Sun Tzu
This means that if you defend but not attack, you won't be defeated. But if you attack and defend a little, then you can be victorious.
“Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.”
What this means to me is that you should just live your life.
“You don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” what this means to me is that you wont know if you can do something if you never try.
“Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.”
If you say something is bad its only because you are saying it and making it bad.
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