Student Success Statement

“Character is higher than intellect.”    

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reflection

What Waldo Emerson is trying to convey to us is that, what good is being a genius at something if you are not using your knowledge correctly. Knowledge can be used for both good and bad the choice is up to you. That being said it is better to have less knowledge and use it for something good such as helping design hospitals, than to be a genius and use your knowledge to commit frauds and other illegal actions. 

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Student Success Statement

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small

 Matters compared to what lies within us”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reflections

What I interpret this quote to be, it is not important how you get there but that you do it rightfully. If you became successful by choosing the wrong your conscience won’t feel good. The end does not justify the mean. Pave a road that you would like to walk through. If you are thinking about becoming successful or even winning a championship game at all cost you need to think more carefully. Winning through wrong means will never feel like a true win. 

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