Rise and Rise Again

A friend of mine posted on facebook not very long ago 'WHAT HSC TOMOROW WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?'. All in all, I think she expressed it quite eloquently, and today even I felt like a walking billboard for Belonging! Let's just say I lacked a 'sense of connection' to my practise papers :D Hehehe.


I really don't know how everyone is going right now, which is something that makes me sad because without school it's almost like you're cut off from civilisation and those friends you used to see almost everyday. But if you're like me, and having a few bouts where you roam around with a crazed look in your eyes, here are some quotes that I love reading. It reminds me that everyone started somewhere small - the only difference is, some didn't give up.


Enjoy, and good luck for the next three weeks! I know everyone is going to do fantastic no matter what, because HSC isn't just about that number. It's also about leaving this year happy, knowing that you didn't give up and I think if I can manage that I'll walk away with no regrets. The end of the HSC seems like a little oasis right now of beach and waves and paradise, but I know we're going to make it :)




A big shot is a little shot that kept shooting. 
       - Anonymous

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
       - Anatole France


Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
       - Anonymous


Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
       - Marian Wright Edelman


The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
       - Anonymous


What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
       - Dwight D. Eisenhower


Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.
       - Bruce Lee


To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
       - Oliver Wendell Holmes


If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
       - Anonymous


The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
       - Thomas S. Monson    
   
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
       - Anonymous


Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
       -Jane Addams


He who seeks rest finds boredom....He who seeks work finds rest.
       -Anonymous


When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
       - Franklin D. Roosevelt


Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
       - Ralph Waldo Emerson


Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
       - Henry J. Kaiser


Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
       - St. Francis De Sales

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
       - Seneca


Success means we go to sleep at night knowing our talents and abilities served others
       -Marianne Williamson


If you build castles in air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
        - Henry David Thoreau

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you are always right."
        - Henry Ford

Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, MY BROTHERS! A day may come when the courage of man fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down. BUT IT IS NOT THIS DAY! THIS DAY WE FIGHT! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I BID YOU STAND!
        - Aragon, King of Gondor


Always remember, Happiness Equals Bracket =)