Quotes:
“The essence of discovery is not in seeing new
landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –Marcel
Proust
When first reading this quote I had some difficulty understanding
what it truly meant. Looking further into the quote I discovered many
things. The quote means that even though you have discovered new
things, and new places you have also gained great insight into new
things as well. This quote reminded me of the quote “Life is a journey
not a destination” going off of the same meaning that as you go
along the path of life you pick up skills, discover new things and find
your inner self in the process.
“Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you
will die today” –James Dean
This is one of my favorite quotes. The meaning of this quote is to
show how dreaming can lead to endless possibilities and how short
life can be and you should do what you truly want to do in life. If
someone where to live forever, they could do anything and
everything and most likely experience the world. If someone were
told that they were to die today, most people would take the time to
do what they have always wanted to do. James Dean was saying that
you will not live forever but you should dream as if you were going
too. He is also saying that even if you won’t die today you should be
doing what you love each and every day.
“A man cannon be comfortable without his own
approval” –Mark Twain
If you don’t love what you do than you will never be happy. Mark
Twain makes a simple yet extremely effective point. If someone is not
comfortable with who he or she is and what he or she are doing in life
than that person will never accept himself or herself and in order for
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