Inspiring quotes for positive

thinking

A U N OS de 2º Básico A

CURSO 2015-2016

ESCUE A OFICIA DE IDIONAS DE A CAÑIZ

What moves us to take action in life? The search for love? Happiness? Justice? Freedom? Equality? The wellbeing of
our beloved ones? Greed? Reputation? Fame? Other people’s opinion about us?...
Different people set themselves different goals in life. We may agree with them or not, but we all make part of
society and have to live together in this world that we share. If we were to analyze why we take one way or another we
would have to take many aspects into account: family background, education, the country where we are born, the type of
community in which we have been brought up…. All these ingredients help us shape our personality.
I feel that, as teachers, our responsibility is very important. We have to help young people choose right and the
message I try to convey is that it is worth striving for justice and freedom rather than for hoarding riches or being television
famous.
Out of the millions and millions of people living in the world, most of us are just ordinary people and have simple,
common lives. But some of our fellow citizens are extraordinary people who excel in an area of knowledge: they are natural
or social scientists, artists of all kinds, thinkers, philosophers, statesmen… We look up to these intellectuals when they
commit themselves to worthy causes. We admire them and set them as examples to follow.
In the spirit of the International Year of Global Understanding I proposed my 2nd. Basic level students to find their
own inspiring quote by a historical of any time to put up a poster. The idea is that they can serve as inspiration to guide our
personal decisions towards a globally better world. It is a way to start at the bottom, contributing with the little things we
can all do as individuals.
Lourdes
Miguel
This is my quote:
“There are men who fight one day and are
good. There are men who fight one year and are
better.
There are some who fight many years and
they are better still.
But there are some that fight their whole
lives,
these are the ones that are indispensable.
(Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956) German poet,
playwright and theatre director
"The purpose of o ur lives is to be
happy"
Dalai Lama (1935)

From the Mongolic word dalai (ocean) and the Tibetan

word lama (reincarnated master or guru), it
is the title of the head of the Tibetan government in exile
and the spiritual leader of Tibetan budism.

During our lives, we impose ourselves many goals to fulfill.

But the only real purpose that we have to pursue is to be
happy.
Lau a Minguillón
r Gómez
 ”In my walks, every man I meet is my
superior
in some way, and in that I learn from him”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
He means we can always learn something from anyone
Encarna Ferrer Minguillón

US poet and thinker who lead the Transcendentalist

movement. He moved away from the religious and
social beliefs of his contemporaries and developed
ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for
humankind to realize almost anything. He also was a
critic of the pressures of society on the individual.
 " What matters
r is not to think about the past or the

future. The important thing is to deal with the present "

John Lennon (1940-1980), British singer and composer
We have to face the present and not get stuck
thinking about the past or the future
Encarna Ferrer Minguillón

Other nice quotes by Lennon:

"Peace is not something you wish for; it’s some thing

you make, something you do, something you are and
something you give away".
" W hen you do something beautiful and nobody
noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is
a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience
still sleeps"
"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but
it’ll always get you the right ones"
 "I'd rather die standing than live on my
knees" Ernesto Ché Guevara (1928-1967)

I really like thi

s sentence because it says that we must never egiv

up and always fight for something better.

Javier Mestre Saura

Ernesto Ché Guevara was

r an Argentinian, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author,
guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist.
He was also a major figure of the Cuban revolution.
"Your time is limit ed, so don't waste it living someone else's
life" Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
The man who said this sentence is Steve Jobs, and American
businessman, the co-founder of Apple and Pixar.
.
To please other people, either family or
friends we don't often do what we want
or what we feel. In life you have to do
what you are more satisfied with. Life is
relatively short to be wasting time trying
to be what you are no t.
Montse Rins
 ” I have never met a man so ignorant that I could
learn nothing from him ”
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
An ignorant person is somebody
who doesn’t know the value of other people
Pilar Bel

He was an Italian astronomer, physicist,

engineer, philosopher and mathematician
who played a major role in the scientific
revolution during the Renaissance. His ideas
made him suspect of heresy and he was tried
by the Inquisition. Forced to recant, he spent
the rest of his life under house arrest.
 "It is not enough to lift the weak,
we must hold them afterwards"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He is one of the most important writers of all times.

Both Shakespeare and Martin Luther King were relevant historical characters who believed that it is important that
everyone is equal before the law. We must not only help people in a timely manner in moments of great need, but also
create environments that facilitate long-term welfare for all equally.
Leonor Villena Aroca
Other nice quotes by Shakespeare:
"Go wisely and slowly. Those who rust, stumble and fall".
" Have more than you show, speak less than you
know" "No legacy is so rich as honesty”
“ Love all, trust few, do wron to no one"
“I would challenge you to a battle of wits but I see you
are unarmed”
 TO CHANGE THE WORLD … I ALSO HAD THOSE IDEAS WHEN I LISTEN TO ME, GUYS…IF WE DON’T SET
HA, HA, HA! THAT’S PART WAS A TEENAGER, YOU SEE… ABOUT CHANGING THE WORLD RIGHT
OF GROWING UP… NOW, THEN IT IS THE WORLD, THAT
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CHANGES YOU!!

Joaquín Salvador Lavado, (1932)

better known by his pen name Quino, is an Argentine Spaniard cartoonist.
His comic strip Mafalda -which ran from 1964 to 1973 is very popular in Latin
America and many parts of Europe.

ANOTHER ONE THAT

WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I
GROW UP? I DON’T KNOW…
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT
THICKENS THE LOT OF THOSE
I WILL NOT BE ONE OF THE
WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE
BUNCH. I KNOW THAT !!
ONE OF THE BUNCH !!…

José Carlos Tomás

 “A day without laughter is a day
wasted”
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
He was an English comic actor,
filmmaker and composer who rose to fame
in the silent era..

If we laugh we’ll be in peace with ourselves.

If we make others laugh that will be the best action of the day.

Pilar Bel
 "The most urgent and persistent
question in life is: What are you doing
for others?"

"Peace requires not only the absence

of violence but also the presence of
justice"
Martin Luther King (1929-1968)
He was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian and leader in
the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964

Leonor Villena Aroca

"The most di ffi cul t t h i n g t o learn i n life is wh i c h b ridge you must
cross and w h i c h bridge you must burn"

Bertrand Russell (1872-1940)

All of us have to take decisions to reach the goals we propose ourselves. Bridges would be
the decisions that we take to reach the goals. They seem good but we don’t know for sure.
Burning a bridge means a decision or a way that we have not taken and that we forget. It is
difficult to know if crossing that bridge would have been good.

Alfonso Gómez

Bertrand Russell was born on May 1872 in Trelleck (Wales). Philosopher and
Britis h mathematician. He was educated by his grandparents and guardians in
a Victorian way. He travelled to France, Germany a d the United States. At
the age of 11 he began the study of Euclidean ngeometry. He studied
Mathematics in the Trinity College of Cambridge. He wrote numerous books
such as Principia Mathematica, 3 volumes, 1902. As for philosophy: The
problems of philosophy, 1923 and the History of the western philosophy, 194 .
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In 1950 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died on 2 February, 1940 in Wales.
 Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
He was a lawyer, politician and Indian thinker. Known for claiming and leading
the Indian independence through non-violent civil disobedience.

” ive as if you were to die tomorrow. earn as if you were to live forever”

Life is our most precious treasure and so we have to live, enjoy and learn intensely every day, as if we
weren't going to be there tomorrow to do it.

”Watch your thoughts for they become your words,

Watch your words, for they become your actions
Watch your actions because they become your
habits Watch your habits, for they become your
destiny”

If you are vigilant about your thoughts, you will be the master of your destiny

Silvia Abadía Moro

ESCUELA OFICIAL DE IDIOMAS DE ALCAÑIZ
Alumnos de 2º Básico A (mañanas)
CURSO 2015-2016