Re-write this quote in your own words, then explain what it means.

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Explain what this quote means in your own words. Do you agree or disgree? Explain.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are" -John Wooden

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -Conrad Hilton

What does this quote mean?

Re-write it in your own words, then give an example of this quote.

"If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us."

---Franz Kafka
(adapted)


What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references. Don't forget to comment on someone else's opinion.

Read this quote and explain what is the connotation of the word Fly, then explain what this quote means and re-write it in your own words.

Rosa Parks sat so that Martin Luther King, Jr. could march, Martin Luther King, Jr. marched so that Jessie Jackson could run, Jessie Jackson ran so that Barack Obama could win, Barack Obama won so that our children and grandchild could fly.
------Unknown

“Only one person in a thousand is a bore, and he is interesting because he is one person in a thousand.” - Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters, 1930

Write what you think the speaker meant, and write about what the quote means to you personally.

"If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up." -J.M. Power

What does this quote mean? Put it in your own words then give an example of how this can happen.