Daily Student Success Statements

“Your past may be spotted, but your future is spotless.” (Anon)

TIMING: In all the important decisions in our lives, what is most important is to do the right thing. Second, and only slightly behind the first, is to do the right thing at the right time." (President Dallin H. Oaks)

"They're only truly great who are truly good." (George Chapman)

“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” (Theodore Roosevelt)

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” (Albert Schweitzer)

“Your integrity shines out like a beacon."(AJ Silvers)

“ It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” (Henry Ward Beecher)

“A promise must never be broken.” (Alexander Hamilton)

“Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” (Arthur Freed)

“Honesty is the best policy.” (Mark Twain)

“A house is built of logs and stones, of tiles and posts and piers. A home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.” (Victor Hugo)

"If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world." (Chinese Proverb)

“Real wealth is not so much what we have as what we are.” (Sterling W. Sill)

The true way to honor the past is to improve upon it.”(N. Eldon Tanner)

“You may think that the short- term gain will be worth the long term pain, but it isn't.“ (George Mitchell)

“Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

"Listen to your heart above all other voices." Marta Kagan

“It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. What matters is the direction you are going.” (Brian Tracy)

“Let’s have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” (Abraham Lincoln)

"I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” (Ronald Reagan)

“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.” (Ronald Reagan)

“Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do." (Emanuel Swedenborg)

"I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good.” (Peter Cooper)

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” (Arnold H. Glasgow)

“The World is my country; all mankind are my brethren; and to do good is my religion.” (Thomas Paine)

“What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right.” (Howard Cosell)

“The time is always right to do what is right.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.” (Socrates).

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” (Henry David Thoreau)

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.” (Confucius)

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.” (Margaret Chase Smith)

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.” (Theodore Roosevelt)

“There is no justification ever for choosing any part of what you know to be evil.” (Ayn Rand)

“Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right. “ (Mario Cuomo)

“You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.” (Robert E. Lee)

“I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.“ (Robert E. Lee)

“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.” (Woodrow Wilson)

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction” (Margaret Thatcher).

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. “ (Marcus Aurelius)

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” (W. Clement Stone)

“To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.” (Confucius)

“CTR is your welding link to a happy, successful life.” (Mr. Haymore)

“Choosing the right is always the right thing to do.” (Alex Linares)

“It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.” (George Washington)

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.” (Ezra T. Benson) 

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right. (Thomas S. Monson)

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. (Sophocles)

“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." (Sophocles)

There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play. (William B. Given, Jr.)

It's not living that matters, but living rightly. (Socrates)

We are the creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory. (Gordon B. Hinckley)

Sticking to it is the genius. (Thomas Edison)

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” (Ernest Hemingway)

Every test is passed before it is taken. A test is failed before it is taken. It's all about preparation.

He who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure. (Jewish Proverb)

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. " (Theodore Roosevelt)

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to courage.” (Anais Nin)

"Repetition is the key to knowledge" (Sam Nichols)

"Repetition creates memory" (Anson Alex)

“Repeat to remember” (Theron Brown)

“Repetition is the mother of learning” (Anon)

“The greatest person who ever lived delivered the greatest sermon ever given--The Sermon on the Mount.” (Thomas S. Monson)

Before God’s footstool to confess  A poor soul knelt and bowed his head; “I failed,” he cried. The master said, “Thou didst thy best - that is success” (ANON)

“To ask and to answer questions is at the heart of all learning and all teaching.” (Henry B. Eyring)

”We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” (John Dewey)

Learning is rooted in questions developed by the learner (John Dewey).

While serving others we find Christ. (Harold Clyde)

Walking is a man’s best medicine. (Hippocrates)

No legacy is so rich as honesty. (William Shakespeare)

Our life is what our thoughts make it. (Marcus Aurelius)

”Reading gives you wings" (Displayed on a school bulletin board)

Education is the latch key to success in life. (Gordon B. Hinckley)

Decisions Determine Destiny (Thomas S. Monson)

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. (Abraham Lincoln)

We become what we do and think about. (Steriling W. Sill Speeches)

It's not living that matters, but living rightly. (Socrates) CTR

Goodness is the only investment that never fails. (Henry David Thoreau)