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[Euphoria Rose]

I'm not good at figuring out what quotes mean. And I need to write an essay for one quote. Okay, here are the quotes:

1. "People only see what they are prepared to see."

2. "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

3. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

I just need to know what the quotes mean. If you can help, I appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

[Ington]

1. People don't always follow what they want to follow, which isn't always necessarily the truth. Such as when a fat person believes they are really thin. They believe what they want to and that is what this quote means.

2. You try to get the other person to see your side too much. (This one I know but can't really translate my thoughts into English. Thats the best i can do.)

3. In life you shouldn't follow an example set by others, but make your own decisions. Afterwards, you would leave an example for others to follow.

[Spirited Away]

3. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

I like this one.

Christopher Columbus could not go to the Indies for spice trade by heading West. It would have greatly altered world history if Columbus didn't try going east and just sulk. But no, he began a journey that marked the beginings of America. His eastward bound venture blazed a trail for explorers, pilgrims, freedom seekers... etc.

Ever heard of conformity? Yes, I'm sure you have because each of us is guilty of committing it. To completely leave your comfort zone, leave conformity, and enter into unexplored territory takes guts. Famous men like Oscar Wilde, David Bowie, and famous women like Jean D'arc, Harriet Tubman fought the status quo and wrote themselves into history because they dared to do the things that few men would give a second glance at trying.

Instead of being a follower, a pawn, a 'been-there-done-that'; instead of treading a worn path, those who have trudged through the mud and paved their own roads, have undoubtedly helped advance mankind.

Uh, the quote basically says: try new things.

[jennyjenny]

"People only see what they are prepared to see."

Ok, I'm not really sure what it means... but i'll give it a try...

i guess that people only do things that they know what would happen...
and if people see what they are only prepared to see, then people are scared to see new things and move on...


Erm, i gave it my best try?

[Spud]

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

Actions speak louder than words.

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Don't be a follower, be a leader.


Hope that helps.

[OriskybusinessO]

1. "People only see what they are prepared to see."

People dont always see what is there, if they dont want to see, or accept something, such as Bush being president again, then they will protest or something. I hope that made sense.

2. "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

Your action might overpower your message. Like if you are taking something too far, like Hitler (its a topic in debate...)

3. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

There might be another way, so try to discover it yourself, like the telephone. Alex Bell wanted to talk to people, instead of sending them a message.

Hope that helps you!

[lovescream]

1) Nobody's psychic.
Erm. No, that's kinda stupid. I mean, nobody should/can prejudge somebody but they always do. *Shrugs*

2) What you're doing can effect everybody even if you're not thinking about what you are doing/saying to a certain person.

3) [Easy!] Don't follow where/what everyone else is doing/going. It's like what parents tell you "if all of your friends jumped off the bridge, would you?" and you'd say no. So don't go where you're going to go because you might think it's "cool" or that's whate everybody's doing nowdays, follow what your heart desires.

O_O

[Euphoria Rose]

Ok, thank you guys! A mod can close this now. Thanks!!

[Spirited Away]

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Done!

[Euphoria Rose]

I'm just going to post up all the quotes I need to do.

1. "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for aquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

2."A cat pent up becomes a lion."

3. "Between saying and going many a pair of shoes is worn out."

4. "I dreamed a thousand new paths...I woke and walked my old one."

5. "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

6. "Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills."

7. "There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same."

8. "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."

9. The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up."

10. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."


There are more quotes, but I already know those. These are the ones I don't know. If you can help, thank you!

[Spirited Away]

I merged your original topic together with this one so we can avoid having two topics of the same kind in here.

2."A cat pent up becomes a lion."

Remember the saying "it's always the quiet ones that are the most troublesome", and "the kitten has claws"? I guess you can interpret it to have that kind of meaning.

Another way to look at this is that a person who keeps all their anger and hurt inside will eventually have all those feelings overwhelm them.

[avalon*]

1. "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for aquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

if you deal with the pain and endure it now, it will become a painless habit in the future. just like if you're always cold and you hate being cold, but you moved to boston or something, you'll build up a tolerance for the cold eventually, and when you go to like florida you'll be realllly warm. yeah..strange analogy, i know =P

4. "I dreamed a thousand new paths...I woke and walked my old one."

right now you might be complaining about your old path, or your life right now,and so you dream of many things that might never happen to you: you get rich and famous, etc. but in the end you'll miss your old life because you're used to it, and you'll go back to it and be satisfied with what you have.

9. The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up."

you care a lot about others and when someone else suffers, so do you, and when someone is happy, you are happy for them because you care about them. i don't know..haha.

[ryfitaDF]

1. "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for aquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

things become less annoying the more you do them.

2."A cat pent up becomes a lion."

inprisonment makes things angry

5. "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

what you know you will know forever.

6. "Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills."

people worry too much about little things

8. "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."

head the words of your elders

9. The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up."

pretty self explainitory

10. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

people who don't have good intentions for themselves have no future.

[lovescream]

1. "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for aquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
Try new stuff. Maybe you'll get a new interest or whatever.

2."A cat pent up becomes a lion."
I don't know what pent means.

4. "I dreamed a thousand new paths...I woke and walked my old one."
A trip down memory lane, or a trip down something old and different may be the best way through life.

5. "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
You can learn something new, exciting, and helpful everyday.

6. "Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills."
Even the strongest people can have a smallest roadblocks during life.

9. The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up."
Do a good deed yourself, a good deed will do you something well, too.

10. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Believe in yourself, never bring yourself down. The best rewards are to be later on.

[Euphoria Rose]

Ok. I think I got everything now. Thanks a lot! All of you have been very helpful. Thanks. Ok, a mod can close this now.