When asked who was the most influential person in my life without any hesitation I knew it was my father. My father has impacted my life greatly and has helped me become the person I am today. He has helped me in many ways; he pushes me to be the best, he is always there for me, and he possesses good qualities that I try to obtain. My father is always pushing me to be the best. Whether it is with school, sports, or even a silly competition, he wants me to be the best. He pushes me harder when it comes to school. He believes that I have a bright future ahead of me, and wants me to make the most out of it by getting good grades and going to a good college. He has never let me settle for anything that is below average. He always tells me...show more content...
The quality that I admire the most about my father is how hard working he is. When my father was in high school he ran track. He worked hard everyday and night. He always fought the temptation of being lazy and giving into peer pressure. His hard work paid off and he made it to states his senior year. He also holds many records at his high school. If you ever walk through the hallway of Fairview High School, where the trophy case is you will see a picture of my father with his track records that still to this day have not been broken. His dedication has worn off on me with softball. Although, I do not possess any records, I still train hard in hopes of making my own records. I hope one day I can be the best, just like he was. My father will continue to make a positive impact on my life. His constant guidance and advice, always being there for me and his great qualities have influenced me and made me the person I am
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In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, one of the main themes is good versus evil. When stranded on a deserted island, the group of boys starts out civilized. However, by the end, the loss of innocence has turned most of them savage. Humans are essentially good. Jack is both good and evil in the book. "I agree with Ralph, we've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages" (Golding 42). In the beginning, even Jack wanted a good society with rules and a leader. They all agreed to vote for a chief and have a civilization. Ralph says, "This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grown–ups come to fetch us we'll have fun" (35). Jack thinks about the others and their well–being. Piggy says, "How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper?" (45). Jack agrees with Piggy about the importance of rescuing them all off the island. He helps explain to the others that they need to listen to Ralph if they want to survive on the island. Even though in the end, Jack becomes the enemy, the beginning shows that he is good. However, without rules and adults to enforce them, he becomes a dictator. Simon, however, is truly good. "Then, amid the roar of bees, in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for the littluns the fruit they could not reach" (56). Simon, the Christ–like figure, represents the good in the book. Even when he has been working all day on the shelters, he helps the littluns retrieve fruit. He is selfless when
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The most influential person in my life would be Cammie Cochran. I've been friends with Cammie since kindergarten. I have this picture of us when we were at a Halloween party in kindergarten. I was dressed as a white Unicorn and she was dressed as some kind of bride. I was holding up a piece of candy and she looked at the candy as if she had wanted it. In Middle School, we drifted apart and she went to a different friend group, but by the time seventh grade hit she was back in our little friend group. We had 4 other friends in the group which included Laury, Audrey, Emilie, and Kacey. It had truly upset me when we drifted because she knew everything about me and there was no one else I could honestly tell everything to without thinking they...show more content... Now I can usually tell when she doesn't like someone or something because she makes a weird face when looking at it or when she gets mad she just looks at me and I can normally figure out what she's mad about without her saying one word. In Eighth grade, she helped me feel better when my sister was in the hospital. A piece of information about Cammie is that she is eccentric, but very caring when needed. Cammie is someone that can turn an awkward moment into a funny one. She spends a lot of time with her boyfriend when she's not at school. At school, we have about 4 classes together. One of the classes we have together is Sign language but it's trial class to see if everything runs smoothly enough for others to take the class in oncoming years instead of having to take Spanish for their foreign language. When I have trouble in my classes i am usually able to go to Cammie for helping knowing that she most likely already has her work done and can help me with mine. Like in math class when I don't understand the way the teacher is teaching something and she does, then she comes over and explains it to me in a way I can
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In the society we live in today, our thought processes are different than what they were a decade or two ago. We live in the cinematic age as they call it, and in this time it is quite difficult to have positive influences as the world faces destruction, neglect, and hatred. As a little boy not understanding the world, I would have assumed that most people were somewhat influential. However, as I aged into the young man I am today, I understand that being influential person takes a certain individual. An individual who has the moral code of willingness to help others effectively while asking for nothing in return but their happiness. Besides my parents and some family members I can simply say with all that is occurring in our time, there is not one person I can truly admire today. Six centuries before christ, there was a figure that sought out to find a deeper meaning in...show more content...
This figure showed that there is more to life than just affluences. In the modern culture we are surrounded by today, there are a few people who are inspirations to others, such as Bill Gates, Taylor Swift, Emma Watson, Warren Buffett, and a few others. These individuals dedicated their life into accomplishing what they have today. However, although these individuals are certainly an inspiration to the next generation of kids, I find that they do not posses all the qualities of trying to build a better future. As a little boy my grandparents would always talk to me about a certain individual who has influenced their lives. Maybe not as a child, but as I got older I started to understand why my grandparents would always talk about Siddhartha Gautama. According to Biographyonline.net, Siddhartha was brought to this world
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How people influenced the world: How people influenced the world good and bad? Well a lot of people did good things to improve society. Like Abraham Lincoln he overcame many setbacks to become the most influential American President. In the Gettysburg speech, he inspired the nation with his words and helped to bring about the ending of slavery. Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize for both Chemistry and Physics. Her discoveries with radiation helped advance medical science. She influenced the female world to be whatever you want no matter what it is. And Despite disability of both deafness and blindness, she learned to read and write, becoming a champion of social issued and helping to improve the welfare of deaf people. She showed us no matter
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Influential people are individuals who inspire many people to do your best, or worst. These people can be athletes, politics, or any song creator. First off, "A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing," Said Simone Biles. So, Simone is an extremely influential young lady because this girl never minds whether she is the best or not Simone mostly cares that she is putting in her best foot and going out there and just enjoying herself. Next, "I don't run away from the challenge because I'm afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is trample it beneath your feet." Now, that quote from Nadia Comaneci shows she is influential because this woman respects fear but chooses not to avoid it but to conquer it. Third, Nadia thinks that nothing should be able to get in your way if everyone is just fearless and brave. Last Jenny Simpson said, "You have to remember that no athlete at any level– whether that is a high schooler or an Olympian– figured it out overnight and you are not going to be the exception." In this quote, Jenny explains that no talent will happen overnight which in influential because she know that people need to work at something to achieve it. Overall, these three influential people inspire to...show more content...
" Surround yourself with the dreamers, the doers, the believers, and thinkers; but most of all surround yourself with those who see greatness within you even when you don't see it yourself." said by Simone Biles. This has to be one of the most inspirational and influential quotes ever. She is saying that even when your mind says otherwise, we must have confidence. And, when we don't we need to have others there to tell us we can do it and that we are amazing. Therefore, we must build many helpful and bright friends to help us in those times. Overall, We must inclose yourself with those who believe we can do
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Influential people inspire others to make choices with their choice of actions, words, and ways of learning. People like Lin–Manuel help us to realize that we can be or do anything that we want. These people inspire us with things like, "Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." Obviously, they want us to know that everyday can be good. Also, in the quote, "Fill the world with music, love, and pride." I believe, that these people are trying to tell us that we should fill the world with good and positive feelings. Another quote I would like to recognize is, "There is more to life than what I have." This quote would like to recognize that, we can always be more if we keep trying. It's the simplest words or sayings that make us realize what we can do, like, "Ed Koch once said that New York was the place where...show more content... A quote that I think shows this would be, "Charge your kids with the notion that life is a gift, it's not to be taken for granted, it's not to be taken lightly. You're born with gifts and your born with an honesty that can never really leave you." Obviously, Lin–Maurel would like parents to teach their children that people all over the United States take for granted what they have. He wants parents to teach their children to appreciate what they have because we are born with gifts like respect and loyalty, it's whether or not we choose to loose those gifts. To conclude my paragraph, I would like to recognize this quote, "Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own." This quote explains that, we all thrive for things but we thrive for those things for mostly ourselves. To conclude my essay, I would like to recognize Lin–Maurel as one of my most influential people because he inspires me through the songs and quotes that he writes. He shows people that they can be anything that they
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