Twinning!

There are quotes everywhere. Posted on the walls of libraries, in the halls of schools, bulletin boards, and on the Internet. But here are three of my favorite quotes that are super important. I’ll provide a couple of things about these quotes as we go.

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

-Steve Martin

I think this one is so important because everybody is trying to be good. Good at sports, hobbies, math, science, writing, absolutely anything. So if you’re out there and you love something, and you want people to notice how good you are at it, you need to be so good that nobody can ignore you, nobody can tell you that you aren’t good or pretend you’re not there. You have to be that good that they can’t push you away, they can’t tell you it’s okay, they can’t ignore you.

“What you are thinking is what you’re becoming.”

-Muhammad Ali

I like this one because it just really shows a lot of important thinking in one sentence. It kind of compliments the prior post, which if you haven’t checked out you really should. That one was about how to look, think, and feel happy, and if you’re thinking happy, excited thoughts, you’ll become happy. If you’re thinking sad, depressing thoughts, you’ll be sad. If you’re thinking angry, hostile thoughts you’ll be angry. And on and on and on. See what I mean? So that’s really important because if what you’re thinking is what you’re becoming, and what you’re becoming is who you are, who you are is how people see you. Wow. Okay, that might have been a little too deep for you, so let me phrase it like this: If you are thinking happy thoughts, you’ll become happy. If you’re happy, then you are a pleasant person. If you are a happy, pleasant person people will view you as pleasant and treat you well, like they would a pleasant, nice person. So I really like this one because it just kind of symbolizes that a person’s thoughts make up their behavior.

“People are going to be people, so you just be you.”

-Vivienne Tomich

So this one, I have to tell you I actually made up. I came up with this one recently. Why? Well, I think we all notice the weird, quirky things people do. I mean, we all have something. So I thought that this really represents how people are going to be themselves. People are going to be people, so you should just be you, no matter who that is. Be you, despite what other people say, do, or are.

So, those are my three quotes. I hope you understand why I like these quotes, and I hope you like them too. But always remember when you’re feeling that you’re not good enough, you should “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” And when you wonder why everybody’s asking you why you look so sad, think that “What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.” And when you don’t understand why one of your classmates keeps shooting you dirty looks, remember that “People are going to be people, so you just be you.”