FInal Part 3 Student Success Statment

"Obedience is central to becoming, being, and remaining happy." 
                           -David A. Bednar

I believe this quote really speaks for itself and says it all. That when you have obedience you and you are obedient 24 hours 7 days a week it makes you happy. When you are obedient you have freedom and so many other things to be happy. For example if in your job you start off as an intern and you do everything you are told then that will look good and then they could hire you, then if you continue to be obedient then could promote you and then you could end up being high up in the position ladder at your job which will make you very happy. Being obedient brings so much good, positive things in your life that you wouldn't get if you were not obedient.

Student Success Statement

"Obedience is the great test of life."                        - Thomas S. Monson 
This quote is saying that obedience really is a big thing in your life. Its not easy to be obedient in life all the time and that's what makes it a test, will you be obedient even though you have to do something you might not want to like your parents telling you to clean your room and you don't want to or just because you don't want to do it are you not going to be obedient. You need to have obedience to be able to get to the top. Not being obedient can cause some negative consequences. When I was in leadership in my old school I had to do things that I wasn't comfortable with that the teacher made me do like speaking at the culmination or going to speak to the principal or speaking into the speaker or going into random classes to tale things to the teachers. Even though those things were out of comfort zone I did them and after a while I got used to it and all I would think about was just doing what she had told me and I didn't think
 anymore about if it was in my comfort zone or not. I could have
easily told her I didn't want to do it and I would've probably gotten
kicked out of leadership and I wouldn't have ever made myself
comfortable with the things she told me to do.

Student Success Statement

"Obedience...is the primary object of all sound education."                                                -Elizabeth Missing Sewell 

I believe this quote means that for you to be actually educated you have to have obedience. If you aren't obedient then all you cause yourself are negative consequences. You can never learn if you don't have obedience. Its saying the the first and one of the most important principles of actually learning in life is obedience. For example if you are not obedient in school then you will not be learning to your full potential since you aren't paying attention. if you don't do your homework you aren't getting extra practice on the work you're doing in class and then when the test come you won't get some things and your grade can drop.

Student Success Statement

"Obedience sums up our entire duty."                                      -Hosea Ballou 

I believe this quote is saying that what we are responsible for doing every day, every minute of ours lives is to be obedient. If you're not obedient then you can have a lot of negative consequences. If you are not obedient to your parents they can ground you or take something of yours away. If you are not obedient with the law you can go to jail or prison. If you are not obedient with your teachers then you can get bad grades and won't ever get somewhere in life. If you are not obedient with your boss then you may lose your job. You have to be obedient to be successful. The point is that you have to be obedient all the time it was you are meant to do.

Student Success Statement

" The more obedient we are, the more freedom we have."                                                - Boyd K Packer 

I believe this quote means that how much freedom you have depends on how obedient you are. For example my parents what they mainly ask of me is to get good grades in school and since I do when I ask them if I can go out with a friend or two they say yes. They know they can trust me to get back at whatever time they tell me too which gives me freedom for a while but it's because I'm obedient with them. If i wasn't obedient they wouldn't let go out very often and they would also be on my back. Another example is if you aren't obedient and don't follow the law and then you end up in jail which is taking away your freedom but it was your choice no to obey, that why it's important to be obedient with everything and everyone.

Obedience

It is the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance. You do whatever you are supposed to do without complaining.

Synonyms:

• dutifulness 
• compliance 
• respect
• conformity 
• reverence 
• orderliness
• deference 
• acquiescence 

Some example:

1. Doing whatever your parents tell you to do. 
2. Doing whatever your teacher asks you to do. 
3. Behaving properly in public and even at home and school. 
4. Respecting everyone. 

Student Success Statement

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."                                    
- Benjamin Franklin 

This Quote is saying that to be successful you need to go to sleep early and and wake up early. If you go to sleep late then you may be late to school or you'll go to school feeling really tired and you won't be able to focus on the work you have to do. If you go to sleep early and you wake up early you'll feel ready for the day, you will be filled with energy and you'll be able to have better focus throughout the day
 at school or any other place like your job.

Student Success Statement

"A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession."        - Hippocrates

This quote is saying that your health is really important. For example you can't be a drug addict and at the same time want to graduate university with honors. Exercise is good to your health. Drugs, alcohol, and smoking can be bad for your health. You need to be healthy to be someone in life, however there are cases in which you have a illness or disease or disorder that may affect you and there really isn't much you can do about it besides trying to get better. Of course there is some things that can be prevented if you lead a healthy lifestyle. If you're not healthy you really don't have anything.

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 believe this quote means that you have to say no when you are asked if you want to do the wrong thing because its the right thing to do. You have to say the truth because its the right thing to do and if you don't you would be choosing the wrong which is easier to do than than the right thing. You have to do the right thing because its what is right not because you want a reward or you want people to recognize you, you choose the right because you want to have a clear conscious and feel good about yourself. For example if you see someone bullying someone else you don't just ignore it, you have to go to an adult and let them know what's going on. 

Student Success Statement

"Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway." - Chae Richardson 

I believe this quote is saying that you have courage and show courage by doing something that really scares you knowing that you are doing the right. For example I'm a really timid person and I never do anything alone for example I had my friend Brenda with me when I did the aids walk 2013, I've always had someone who I know with me, but this Saturday I have an interview with Heal the Bay to be a volunteer for a whole year. I'm so scared about how it'll go on Saturday, but I'm still going to go and try to look my best so I could get in. This is the first time I do something major by myself and I'm really scared and nervous, but hopefully everything will turn out well. Sometimes you're scared of doing the right thing because no one else is doing it, but you have to have the courage to do what is right even though the whole world might not agree with you.

Courage

Courage: the ability to do something that frightens one.  You are able to do something that you usually wouldn't do, something that you're afraid of.
synonyms:

• bravery 
• nerve
• daring
• valor
• boldness
• heroism 

Examples of Courage:

• engaging in a new activity 
• signing up for a class or program that intimidates you 
• trying a food you've never tried before
• doing something by yourself for the first time
• standing up for yourself
• helping out a person or animal in need
• standing up against racism 
• standing for someone who is picked on 
• Doing something that might be risky like sky-diving for the first time 

Student Success Statement

"Act well your part; there all honor lies."           -Alexander Pope 

I believe this quote means that if you choose the right then that is where honor is. It means that you don't have to go looking for honor, that as long as you always do what is right then you'll have honor. For example you may be in your class and you may not think that you're honorable, but you're always always doing what is right like cooperating with the teacher and helping out classmates when they don't understand something and that make you have honor. As long as you choose the right you have honor, your honor does not depend on others, nobody can earn that honor for you, you have to do it yourself.

Student Success Statement

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."           -Sophocles
This quote I believe it means that it is better to fail honestly, with honor rather than winning by cheating which is bad thing to do. For example if you're in a basketball team and your team practiced a lot to win the game but loses at least you know that the team tried its best and that you guys failed, but with honor that you guys had at least tried that is better than maybe taking something that will help you win the game or do something that was wrong that made you guys win, but you didn't win with honor, you won by cheating. Another example is that if you're taking a test and you studies, but even though you had studied it didn't help you with all the questions and you end up failing the test at least you know you did the best that you could even though you could've probably done something to not fail which is better than getting an A on the test by cheating off the test of your partner. Also another example would be that if you don't do your homework and you say that you didn't do it and turn it in later but you did it yourself its better that turning it on time by cheating off a friend and not getting that practice to understand whatever the homework was about better.