Student Success Statement By Thomas S. Monson 

"Dare to Stand Alone." 

 

As we grow older one of the thing we must realize is that no one ever keeps the same friends. Situations happen that make us or other drift away. And it is okay because sometimes we are the only thing we have left. Standing  up for what is right requires us to lose some people in our lives but gain millions when it comes to choosing the right.  The only thing you should remember is to not be afraid to stand alone because standing alone against thousands shows the power you hold within yourself. It is much more scary to stand with others who are wrong and do not have a future ahead of them then with someone who is simply looking at a crystal clear future. As Thomas said you should DARE to stand alone because not everyone can. Personally I am terrified to be alone but I prefer 100 x more to stand up for myself in a situations that requires me to choose the right.  

" They're only truly great who are truly good."  

                        

Goodness= Greatness by George Chapman. There is no such greatness in is no good. All good becomes greatness and all greatness has good within it. You might want to become the greatest athlete in world history, but what will you do to achieve it. If bad intervenes with what you want, then there is no greatness in what you do, because what you do determines what you become. So if you cheat your way through life to become something great, you are cheating your way through consequences. So that  is, Leo Tolstoy once said, "there is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth." Truth is goodness and when you lie and choose to do the wrong thing then there is no good and when there is no good there is no greatness. It all is one and when you choose the wrong then there is no greatness in life.