"Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Comp 8L/8M Wednesday April 24th


Wednesday Assignment 1: DETERMINATION

We are turning our attention now to editing photos that will serve us well as portfolio additions. Introducing, the "Motivational/Inspirational" series!

Choose one of the following quotes and find a picture that compliments the text (either from your own collection or a high resolution photo from Google Image search). Save it as "Last name, first initial, determination."

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Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” - Gail Devers
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. - Unknown

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” - Albert Einstein
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” - Og Mandino
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” - Wilma Rudolph
“When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help." - Robert Half
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.” - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Wednesday Assignment 2: REFLECTION

Choose an appropriate photo and include one of the following quotes. Save your photo as "reflection" and submit to the drop box.

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” - James Levin
In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another.” - French Proverb

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." - Confucius

"I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me." - Anna Quindlen

"It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words." - Eric Hoffer

"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment." - Lao Tzu

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to each man a reflection of his own face." - William Thackeray

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