Student Success Statement

“To be great—concentrate.”

-     Orson Swett Marden

This statement is saying that if you want to achieve something you must concentrate in order be successful and great. If you don’t focus on the things you want to accomplish then you really don’t want it or you won’t be close on achieving it. For example, if you want to get good grades for your finals then you must concentrate in class and do all the work in order to get what you want.

Student Success Statement

“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.”

-         Liane Cordes

This statement is saying that in order for you to achieve something is by putting a lot of effort and not giving up until it’s accomplished. It doesn’t matter how much strength or intelligence you have, the only thing that matters is the effort you put into your goal/dreams. For example, when you are in school you have to put a lot of effort into your classes. That effort will get you to good grades.

Student Success Statement

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

-         Thomas Carlyle

This statement is saying that if you don’t have a goal or something you want to achieve then you will not move. You won’t have somewhere to go. If a ship doesn’t have a rudder the ship won’t advance it will stay in the same place. An example would be if you want to become a teacher you need to know all the things that are required to become a teacher.

 

Student Success Statement

“In life as in football, you won’t go far, unless you know where the goalposts are.”

-      Arnold Glasgow

 

I agree with this statement because if you don’t have a specific goal or direction then you’re not going to get far. You need to have a direction in order to put effort and everything you need to do to achieve that goal you set yourself too.