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1 2015 OFFICIAL CONTEST PACKET SOUTH DAKOTA 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest

Deadline – January 31, 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORMS AND RESOURCES

General Information ...................................................................................... 2

Contest Rules ................................................................................................ 3

Awards and Recognition ............................................................................... 4

4th Grade Maxims ...................................................................................... 5 -9

Teacher’s Resource 9th Grade Maxims ……………………………… 10 - 21

Understanding Maxims ....……...…………………………………… 22 – 23

Maxim Activity Ideas .......................................................................... 24 - 25

Contest Entry Form (One form must accompany each essay) ............................. 26

Contest Submission Cover Sheet (One form per class/per grade/per school) ...... 27

Judging Criteria …………………………………………………………… 28

Judge’s Review Form……………………………………………………….29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For more information contact:

Karelyn Farrand, Character Education Field Specialist 13 2nd Ave SE

Aberdeen SD 57401

[email protected]

Phone: 605-626-2870 Fax: (605) 626-2874

South Dakota State University, South Dakota counties, and USDA cooperating. South Dakota State University adheres to AA/EEO guidelines in offering educational programs and services.

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South Dakota 4-H

Quotes to Live By Essay Contest Deadline – January 31, 2015

For Grades: 4, 7, 9

Contest Promotes The contest promotes reading, reflection, critical thinking and composition skills as youth write about the importance of having good character. Who May Participate All South Dakota Schools/Home Schools/Individual 4-H members are eligible to participate. Schools must judge their entries locally, and may send five winning entries in each class/per grade/per school to South Dakota 4-H Statewide Winning Essays Five winning essays will be selected in each grade statewide. Cash prizes and awards will be given to the winners in each grade level. What to Base Essays On Essays must be based on the Quotes to Live By – Wise and Enduring Truths Maxims relating to character education (pages 5-21 of this packet).

Deadline - January 31, 2015 For More Information Contact:

Karelyn Farrand – Character Education Field Specialist SDSU Extension Regional Center

13 2nd Avenue SE Aberdeen, SD 57401

[email protected]

Telephone: (605) 626-2870 Fax: (605) 626-2874

mailto:[email protected]

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Best of luck to your students, The South Dakota 4-H Team

South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest Rules

• Up to five essays per class/per grade/per school can be submitted in grades

4, 7, & 9. If the forms are not filled out in their entirety entries will be disqualified. Parent or Guardian signature is required.

• Home School & Individual 4-H Entries – To be fair to students who have participated in local contests through their schools or local organized contests, home school & individual 4-H entries will be judged in a preliminary round at the State 4-H Office. Following the preliminary round, entries will be sent on to the state judging competition based on the following format:

1-5 entries – 1 State Entry 6-10 entries – 2 State Entries 11-15 entries – 3 State Entries 16-20 entries – 4 State Entries 21-25 entries – 5 State Entries

• 4-H members must go through their local contest (if available) to participate in the South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest.

• Each essay must include a completed & signed South Dakota Contest Form. • Essays must be based on one of the Quotes to Live By – Wise and Enduring Truths maxims

on pages 5-21 of this packet. • Essays must be typed and double spaced. • Maximum length of essay is as follows: 500 words for 4th grade 1000 words for 7th & 9th grades • Deadline for postmarking submissions to the South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay

Contest is January 31, 2015. • Each School/Home School/Individual 4-H member must complete a Contest Submission

Cover Sheet form for each class in each grade level of essay submission. • Results will be sent to the Teacher listed on the Entry form in April.

Send essay submissions to:

SD 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest Karelyn Farrand

SDSU Extension Regional Center 13 2nd Avenue SE

Aberdeen, SD 57401 Telephone: (605) 626-2870

Fax: (6050 626-2874

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South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Prizes

♦ The South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest will award and recognize the top five (5) individuals, in each grade level, the following monetary amount. Prizes will only be awarded to those essays that are ranked as Excellent. (NOTE: One-half of each monetary award prize is to be given to the winner’s favorite charity.)

1st Place -- $300 2nd Place -- $200 3rd Place -- $100

4th Place -- $50 5th Place -- $50

♦Teachers of the 1st Place winners in each division will receive a $100 gift certificate to use at the following sites. www.character.org/more-resources/other-helpful.../curriculum-and-resources/ www.store.charactercounts.org/ www.goodcharacter.com/

http://www.character.org/more-resources/other-helpful.../curriculum-and-resources/

http://www.store.charactercounts.org/

http://www.goodcharacter.com/

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Quotes to Live By Wise and Enduring Truths

MAXIMS for GRADE 4

Quote Author Information

1 Do not judge others until you have stood in their place.* Hillel, Jewish scholar and rabbi (c. 60 B.C - l 0 A.D.)

2 Admitting that you were wrong is just another way of saying that you are wiser today than yesterday. Unknown

3 When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree. Vietnamese proverb

4 Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and illustrator of children’s books (1904-1991) (from The Lorax )

5 Two wrongs don’t make a right. English proverb

6 Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself.

Marva Collins, African-American educator (b. 1936)

7 Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. Aesop, legendary Greek author of fables (6th century B.C.)

8 Don’t judge a book by its cover. English proverb

9 Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Thomas Norton, English poet and politician (1532-1584)

10 Most people see what is, and never see what can be.

Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize-winning formulator of the theory of relativity, and peace advocate (1879-1955)

11 The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Unknown

12 Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try. Dennis DeYoung, American songwriter, member of the rock band Styx (b1947)

13 Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

Michael Josephson, American ethicist, author, radio commentator, and founder of CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute (b. 1942)

14 I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.

Lone Man (Isna-la-wica) Teton Sioux

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15 Knowledge itself is power. Francis Bacon, English statesman, writer, and philosopher of science (1561-1626)

16 You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose.

Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and illustrator of children’s books (1904-1991) (from Oh! The Places You’ll Go!)

17 What is wrong today won’t be right tomorrow. Dutch proverb

18 I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.

Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and illustrator of children’s books (1904-1991) (from Horton Hatches the Egg)

19 Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda, in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

20 Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and illustrator of children’s books (1904-1991)

21 Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish proverb

22 If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Eldridge Cleaver, African American civil rights activist and writer (1935-1998)

23 I would have been better pleased if you had never made such promises than that you should have made them and not performed them.

Chief Shingwaukonse (“Little Pine”), Native American leader of the Ojibway community (1790-1854)

24 With great power comes great responsibility. Uncle Ben to Peter Parker, in Spider-Man

25 An important part of who you are is what you want to be. Unknown

26 Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Thomas Edison, American inventor (1847-1931)

27 Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

The Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leader (b. 1935)

28 When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. Ethiopian proverb

29 If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. Anne Bradstreet, American poet (c. 1612-1672)

30 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Irish writer (1855-1897) (from Molly Bawn)

31 Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses.

Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French journalist and author (1808-1890)

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32 It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. Sir John Marks Templeton, American born British financier (b 1912)

33 No one knows the story of tomorrow’s dawn. Ashanti tribe proverb

34 Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank, Jewish girl who kept a diary while hiding from the Nazis during World War II (1929-1945)

35 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. American proverb 36 Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb

37 Think forward! Concentrate on who you want to be and where you want to go, not on who you were or where you’ve been.


38 Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.

Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American minister and leader of the civil rights movement (1929-1968)

39 Actions speak louder than words. American proverb

40 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president (1809-1865), Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863

41 Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (1771-1832)

42 Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today. Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president (1809-1865)

43 Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing oneself.*

Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (1828-1910)

44 It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

Professor Dumbledore, in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

45 It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807-1882)

46 Honesty is the best policy. Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (1547-1616) (from Don Quixote)

47 It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! Professor Dumbledore, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

48 You really can change the world if you care enough.

Marian Wright Edelman, African-American lawyer, civil rights activist, and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund (b. 1939)

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49 If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Mother Teresa, Albanian-born Indian missionary nun, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1910-1997)

50 If you haven’t got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?

Jeffrey Mayer, American business consultant and author

51 She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

Beverly Cleary on Ramona, in Ramona the Pest

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Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words and kind deeds.


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Harry: The Sorting Hat only put me in Gryffindor because I asked not to go in Slytherin. Professor Dumbledore: Exactly. It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

54 There’s a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to [live] with pride. Aunt May Parker, in Spider-Man 2

55 You can’t unscramble eggs. John Pierpont Morgan, American financier (1837-1913)

56 The secret of success is not avoiding mistakes but learning from them.


57 When one helps another, both gain in strength. Ecuadorian proverb

58 Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Yoda, in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

59 How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.


60 Anyone who wants to make a difference in the world can do it. There are many ways to serve. Songhai tribe proverb

61 You find what you look for: good or evil, problems or solutions. Sir John Templeton, American-born British financier (b. 1912)

62 It’s not enough to know how to ride — one must also know how to fall. Mexican proverb

63 Quitters never win, and winners never quit. Unknown 64 An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. Mexican proverb

65 If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If at first you do succeed, try something harder. Unknown

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66 No one has ever become poor by giving.


67 When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

Dory from Finding Nemo

68 Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.

William Feather, American writer (1889-1981)

69 The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. Unknown

70 There is a world of experiences awaiting us if we take the time to take part in them...Age does not determine what we know.

Rosa Parks, American civil rights leader (1913-2005)

71 No matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.


72 Never look down on people unless you’re helping them up.* Jesse Jackson, African-American political activist and preacher (b. 1941)

73 The best advice is a good example. adapted from Ossie Davis, African-American actor, film director, and activist (1917-2005)

74 We hate some persons because we do not know them, and will not know them because we hate them.

Charles Caleb Colton, British clergyman and author (c. 1780-1832)

*We have modified this maxim slightly so that it applies to boys and girls.

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Quotes to Live By Wise and Enduring Truths

MAXIMS FOR GRADES 7 AND 9

Quote Author Information

1 If you change your mind, you can change your life. William James, American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

2 You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Booker T. Washington, African American educator, reformer and founder of the Tuskegee Institute (1856-1915)

3 It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.

Tom Brokaw, American journalist and author (b. 1940)

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The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

M. Scott Peck, American physician and author (b. 1936)

5 Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that's why they call it the present. Unknown

6 Where the heart is willing it will find a thousand ways, but where it is unwilling it will find a thousand excuses. Dayak proverb (Borneo)

7 If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.

Richard L. Evans, American religious leader and broadcaster (1906-1971)

8 Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life?

Eric Allenbaugh, American leadership consultant and author

9 If you want to be successful, don't give or take excuses. Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing and health care reform (1820-1910)

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Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it.

Harold Kushner, American rabbi and author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

11 Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.

John Greenleaf Whittier, American Quaker poet and abolitionist. A fireside poet. (1807-1892)

12 A life without cause is a life without effect. Unknown 13 Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional Buddhist proverb

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14 Life is never so bad at its worst that it is impossible to live; it is never so good at its best that it is easy to live.

Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (1890-1972)

15 The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffragist (1820-1906)

16 We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

Jim Rohn, American motivational speaker, author and business consultant

17 If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Maya Angelou, African American poet and author (b I 928)

18 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and lecturer(1803-1882)

19 I will not permit people to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate them.

Booker T. Washington, African American educator, reformer and founder of the Tuskegee Institute (1856-1915)

20 Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits. Unknown

21 No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet. (1854-1900)

22 Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is not a path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher and writer (1803-1882)

23 You don't have to be sick to get better. Unknown

24 All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.*

Edmund Burke, British statesman and political philosopher (1729-1797)

25 It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Mark Twain, American humorist, writer and lecturer (1835-1910)

26 It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it.

Lena Home, African American singer and actress (b. 1917)

27 Those who fling dirt at others dirty themselves most.* Thomas Fuller, British scholar. preacher and author (16081661)

28 I complained that I had no shoes, until I met someone who had no feet.* Persian proverb

29 Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward, American scholar, author, pastor and teacher (1921-1997)

30 Gossip needn't be false to be evil there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Unknown

31 Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Henry van Dyke, American author, educator and clergyman (1852-1933)

32 The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell, English mathematician, philosopher, and Nobel Prizewinning author (1872-1970)

33 Anger is only one letter short of danger. Unknown

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34 Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

George Jean Nathan, American drama critic (1882-1958)

35 Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.

John Wooden, winningest American basketball coach (b. 1910)

36 My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford, American businessman, founder of the Ford Motor Company (1863-1947)

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Do all the good you can, / By all the means you can, / In all the ways you can, / In all the places you can, / At all the times you can, / To all the people you can, / As long as ever you can.

John Wesley, English religious leader (17031791)

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In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because l wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Martin Niemoeller, German submarine commander, pastor and pacifist

39 Habits are first cobwebs, then cables. Spanish proverb

40 An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, leader for independence of India, pioneer of nonviolent civil disobedience (1869-1948)

41 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato

Plato, Philosopher, and mathematician of classical Greece

42 Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Thomas Szasz, author and professor of psychiatry (b. 1920)

43 If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it. Chinese proverb

44 The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss French political philosopher and writer (17121778)

45 A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.* Greek proverb

46 Unshared joy is an unlighted candle. Spanish proverb

47 You will never find time for anything. You must make it. Charles Buxton, British lawyer, editor and statesman (1875-1942)

48 The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

Vance Havner, American preacher (1901-1986)

49 Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

Les Brown, African American entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author

50 To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by only one bee. Unknown

51 Never find your delight in another’s misfortune. Publilius Syrus, Latin writer. (d. 43 A.D.)

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52 A man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world. Muhammad, founder of Islam (c. 570-632)

53 Growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Unknown

54 Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.

John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president (19171963)

55 No one could make a greater mistake than those who did nothing because they could do only a little.*

Edmund Burke, British statesman and political philosopher (1729-1797)

56 Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln. 16th US president and liberator of the slaves (1809-1865)

57 Some people see things as they are and say "Why?" I dream things that never were and say "Why not?"*

George Bernard Shaw. Irish playwright and critic (1856-1950)

58 Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it. Unknown

59 Failing to plan is planning to fail. John Wooden, winningest American college basketball coach (b1910)

60 The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. Hada Bejar, actress

61 Education is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education.

Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American Baptist minister and Nobel Prizewinning leader of the civil rights movement (1929-1968)

62 My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (1876-1958)

63 Too many people are ready to carry the stool when the piano needs to be moved. Unknown

64 The problem with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.

Lily Tomlin, American comedian and actress (b. 1939)

65 The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, statesman and scientist (1749-1832)

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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Unknown

67 What does not destroy me, makes me strong. Friedrich Nietzsche. German philosopher (1844-1900)

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I am only one, but still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything / I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (1822-1909)

69 It's never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans), British novelist (1819-1880)

70 The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Unknown

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71 Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

Molière, French play write and actor. (1622-1673)

72 Lives of great people all remind us / We can make our lives sublime, / And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sand of time.*


73 Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open. Unknown

74 Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.

Michael Josephson, American ethicist, author, and radio commentator; founder of CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute (b. 1942)

75 It is the mark of a true education to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle, Greek philosopher and prescientist (384 B.C.-322 B C.)

76 Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player (b 1939)

77 Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius. Chinese philosopher (551B.C.-479 B.C)

78 A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Jack London, American author (1876-1916)

79 Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.

Horace Greeley, American newspaper ed1tor and politician (1811-1872)

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Take time to work. It is the price of success. / Take time to think. It is the source of power. / Take time to play. It is the secret of perpetual youth. / Take time to read. It is the foundation of wisdom. / Take time to be friendly. It is the road to happiness. / Take time to dream. It is hitching your wagon to a star. / Take time to love and be loved. It is the privilege of the gods. / Take time to look around. It is too short a day to be selfish. / Take time to laugh. It is the music of the soul.

Traditional English prayer

81 I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and 3rd U.S. president (1743-1826)

82 If it’s painful for you to criticize your friends, you’re safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.

Alice Duer Miller, American author (1874-1942)

83 Necessity is not a fact; it’s an interpretation. Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and author (18441900)

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84 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (c. 6th century B.C.)

85 If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained. Sir John Heywood, English playwright (c. 1497-1575)

86 Your life is your ship. You are the captain. Don't let anyone else take the wheel.

Michael Josephson, American ethicist, author and radio commentator, founder of CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute (b. 1942)

87 There is as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Trammell Crow. American real estate magnate (b. 1923)

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller, blind and deaf American author and educator (1880-1968)

89 There's a big difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Potter Stewart, American Supreme Court justice (1915-1985)

90 Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan, American politician and diplomat and three time presidential candidate (1860-1925)

91 The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

Arnold Glasgow, American businessman, publisher. (1905-1998)

92 What is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular. Unknown

93 The day you quit school, you condemn yourself to a future of poverty.*

Jaime Escalante, Bolivian born American high school teacher, inspiration for the movie Stand and Deliver (b. 1930)

94 The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. Unknown

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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (1832-1971)

96 May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift. Anglo Irish author and satirist (1667-1745)

97 One thing I know. The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian German theologian, philosopher, organist and mission doctor (1875-1965)

98 If each person sweeps in front of his or her own door, the whole street is clean. Yiddish proverb

99 It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Andre Gide, French writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1869-1951)

100 Saying is one thing, and doing is another. Michel de Montaigne, French writer, inventor of the essay (1533-1592)

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101 All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller, British scholar. preacher and author (1608-1661)

102 The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Martina Navratilova, Czech born American tennis champion (b. 1956)

103 We judge ourselves by our best intentions and most noble acts but we will be judged by our last worst act.


104 Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon, British singer songwriter, member of the Beatles (1940-1980)

105 There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. French proverb

106 I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Frederick Douglass. African American abolitionist, public speaker and writer (c 1818-1895)

107 Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

Come ten Boom, Dutch humanitarian whose family hid persecuted Jews during World War II (1892-1983)

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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

Stephen Grellet, Quaker clergyman (I773-1855)

109 When things go wrong, don't go with them. Elvis Presley, American popular singer (1935-1977)

110 Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

attributed to Albert Einstein, German born physicist, Nobel Prizewinning formulator of the theory of relativity, and peace advocate (1879-1955)

111 There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect, author, designer and inventor. (1895-1983)

112 To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.*

Theodore Roosevelt, adventurer and Nobel Prizewinning 26th U.S. president (1858-1919)

113 Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.


114 The right to swing my fist ends where the other person's nose begins.*

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American legal philosopher and US Supreme Court justice (1841-1935)

115 There are two things you don't want to be: a user or someone who is used.

Michael Josephson, American ethicist, author and radio commentator, founder of CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute (b 1942)

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116 I count those braver who overcome their desires than those who conquer their enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Aristotle. Greek philosopher and prescientist (384 B.C.-322 B.C.)

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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt, American diplomat, humanitarian and First Lady (1884-1962)

118 There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton, American Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist (1862-1937)

119 It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Motto of the Christopher Society, which promotes positive media messages and stories

120 Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. Don Wilder and Bill Rechin, comic strip creators

121 In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. Robert Frost, American poet. (1874-1963)

122 Noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi, leader for independence of India, pioneer of nonviolent civil disobedience (1869-1948)

123 If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother Teresa, Albanian born Indian missionary nun, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1910-1997)

124 Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. Malabar (India) proverb

125 You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and lecturer (1803-1882)

126 Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy. 35th US president (1917-1963)

127 After all is said and done, more is said than done. American proverb

128 Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.

L. Thomas Holdcroft, writer and theology professor

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It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Francis Bacon, English statesman, writer and philosopher of science (1561-1626)

130 To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

Martin Luther King, Jr., African American Baptist minister and Nobel Prizewinning leader of the civil rights movement (1929-1968)

131 Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, inventor and statesman (1706-1790)

132 Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. Robert G. Ingersoll, American lecturer, author, and politician (1833-1899)

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133 While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

Stephen Covey, American author, speaker and leadership consultant (b. 1932)

134 It's never crowded along the "extra mile." Wayne Dyer, American psychotherapist, author and lecturer (b. 1940)

135 Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Princess Elizabeth Bibesco, English writer (1897-1945)

136 A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. English proverb 137 The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on. Julia Alvarez, American author (b 1950)

138 In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and 3rd U.S. president (1743-1826)

139 The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked.

Elbert Hubbard, American publisher, lecturer and author (1856-1915)

140 Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt, adventurer and Nobel Prizewinning 26th U.S. president (1858-1919)

141 Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Henry Ford, American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company. (1863-1947)

142 What you are thunders so loudly that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher and writer (1803-1882)

143 One who asks is a fool for a moment, but one who does not ask remains a fool forever.* Chinese proverb

144 What shall you profit, if you shall gain the whole world, and lose your own soul? Bible, Mark 8:36

145 Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order (c. 1181-1226)

146 What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

Oprah Winfrey, African American TV talk show host, actress and entrepreneur (b 1954)

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Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self- esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs.


148 Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

Emily Post, American etiquette expert (1872-1960)

149 Don’t sacrifice a good life for a good time.


150 One unable to dance blames the unevenness of the floor. Malay proverb

151 Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Walter Elliot, Roman Catholic priest and author. (1842-1928)

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152 You have not lived a perfect day unless you have done something for some-one who will never be able to repay you.

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153 Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic (17781830)

154

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with others; and along those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.*

Herman Melville, American novelist (1819-1891)

155 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, inventor and statesman (1706-1790)

156 We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give.

Douglas M. Lawson. American fundraising consultant (b. 1936)

157 We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Haida Indian saying

158 Talk doesn't cook rice. Chinese proverb

159 A person who angers you conquers you.* Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse, pioneer in polio treatment (1880-1952)

160 Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Oprah Winfrey, African American TV talk show host, actress and entrepreneur (b. 1954)

161 It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin, English naturalist and geologist. (1809-1882)

162 Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. Earl of Chesterfield (Sir Philip Dormer Stanhope), English member of Parliament, author of Letters to His Son (1694-1773)

163 Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Will Rogers. American entertainer (1879-1935)

164 To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

Confucius, Chinese philosopher (551 B.C.-479 B.C.)

165 Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.

Nikki Giovanni, African American poet (b. 1943)

166 Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

Charles Swindall, American evangelical pastor and author (b 1931)

167 To be upset about what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

Ken Keyes, American personal growth leader and peace advocate (1921-1995)

168 Not everything that is good for you is fun and not everything that is fun is good for you.


169 Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles, Greek playwright (496 B.C.-406 B.C)

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170 Dreams are what get you started. Discipline is what keeps you going.

Jim Ryun, American Congressman and former world record holder in the mile run (b. 1947)

171 Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Stephen Covey, American author, speaker and leadership consultant (b. 1932)

172 Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.


173 Learn from the mistakes of others. There is not enough time for us to make all the mistakes ourselves. Harriet Hall, actress

174 Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.

Michael Josephson, American ethicist, author and radio commentator; founder of CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute (b. 1942)

175 There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorean essayist and political writer (1832-1889)

176 You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. Wayne Gretzky, all-time great Canadian hockey player (b. 1961)

177 My great concern is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with your failure.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president and liberator of the slaves (1809-1865)

178 We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin, French born American author (1903-1977)

179 Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan, American scientist, Stanford University president and peace activist (1851-1931)

180 The true measure of people is how they treat others who can do them absolutely no good.*

Ann Landers (Esther Pauline Friedman), American advice columnist (1918-2002)

181 The man who removes mountains begins by carrying away small stones. Chinese proverb

182 Whether you think you can or not, you are right. Henry Ford, American businessman and founder of the Ford Motor Company (1863-1947)

183 Would those of you who say it can't be done, stop bothering those of us who are doing it? Unknown

184 It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

Sir Josiah Stamp, British financier (1880-1941)

185 Be the change you wish to see in the world. Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, leader for independence of India, pioneer of nonviolent civil disobedience (18691948)

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186

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and lecturer (1803-1882)

187 The only way to have a friend is to be a friend. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet (1803-1882)

188 The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.

Muhammad, founder of lslam (c. 570-632)

189 Those who fight fire with fire burn their houses down twice as fast.* Vietnamese proverb

190 Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.

Dale Carnegie, American writer and lecturer. (1888-1955)

191 The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Sir Winston Churchill, British prime minister and author (1874-1965)

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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, I was wrong.

Sydney J. Harris, British born American journalist (1917-1986)

193 A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Grace Murray Hopper, American rear admiral and computer scientist (1906-1992)

194 There is no wrong time to do the right thing. H. Jackson Brown, American writer (b. 1940)

195 You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister (1917-1984)

196 I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou, African American poet and author (1928-2014)

197 Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Samuel Johnson, English author and creator of one of the first dictionaries (1709-1784)

198 Where there's a will, there's a way. Unknown

199 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Charles Dederich, American founder of self-help community for drug abusers (1913-1997)

*We have modified this maxim slightly so that it applies to boys and girls.

22 UNDERSTANDING MAXIMS

For Classrooms and Clubs Elementary, Middle School and High School

Quotes and Reflection For years educators, philosophers and practitioners have promoted reflection, otherwise known as debriefing, processing or reviewing, as an essential part of learning. 4-H includes reflection in its educational opportunities by using the Experiential Learning Model. The Experiential Learning Model is a 3 step process: Do – Experience the activity; Reflect – What Happened and What’s Important and Apply – Learn about self and Apply to own life. Reflection is included in the Reflect and Apply steps of the model. For learning to take place and for the transfer of learning to occur, the complete cycle is necessary. Educators, Youth Organizers and Volunteers play a role in guiding youth to reflect on their experience. Through recent brain-based research we have scientific proof that including time for reflection based on a variety of techniques will facilitate learning, (Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Eric Jensen, 1998, 2005). Using maxims is a wonderful way to stretch students’ minds to develop critical thinking. As students reflect upon the meanings of maxims they will also be clarifying their values. As Educators, Youth Organizers and Volunteers we must challenge youth to apply these maxims to their own lives – with friends and family at home, at school, and at work. Prior to Maxim Activities Before assigning a maxim-based exercise have a general discussion with your students about quotes by using a few of your favorites. Lead them through the Experiential Learning Model questions to provide a foundation for them on how to examine a quote. Definitions Maxim – A general truth, fundamental principle or rule of conduct. Quote – A quotation from text or speech. Do: Have students read the quotes you have selected. For each quote ask the following questions. Reflect:

1. What are the most important ideas and values expressed in the quote?

2. Is the quote making a comparison? What is it comparing?

3. Does the quote contain symbolism? Does something stand for something else? What could _____ represent?

4. Does knowing more background information about who, when and where it was said make any difference in what the quote means to you?

5. What do you think could have been going on in the speaker’s life when he/she said this?

6. What do you know about the speaker that might give you a clue about why he/she said this?

7. Why do you suppose this quotation is famous or at least notable?

8. What is the key word in this quotation?

9. What do you think this quotation means?

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1. Give a “real life” example of what this quote is about.

2. If this quote doesn’t apply to you directly, what kind of person or situation would it apply to?

3. How would the world be different if everyone lived by this quotation?

4. How would the world be different if no one lived by this quotation?

5. Can you see yourself thinking of this quotation in a certain situation? Would it change how you act?

6. Can you think of a situation when this quote would not be good advice?

7. Does this quote describe how things really are in the world, how they should be or somewhere in between?

8. Is there something you can learn from this quote about how you should live your life?

9. How would you rewrite this quotation?

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Quotes to Live By Wise and Enduring Truths Maxim Activity Ideas

Do Activities: 1. Have students find 3-5 quotes about one topic, such as trustworthiness, respect, accountability, citizenship, kindness or success. Ask them to explain how each quote relates to the category they put it in. 2. Have students memorize two or three of their favorite quotes and recite them for the class. 3. Have students put their favorite quote on a bookmark. 4. Have students use quotes to decorate your classroom by making bulletin boards, posters, or by a large frame and have students change the quote in the frame on a regular basis. 5. Have students ask their parents and three other adults what their favorite maxim is and how it has affected their lives. 6. Make a Word Cloud by putting your favorite quotes in a word cloud. Use http://www.wordle.net/. See what words appear most often and discuss the importance of these words in the quotes you selected. Make a positive statement with the predominate words. For example: To succeed, first people must try. Integrate Language Arts 1. Have students find and explain one quote that uses a metaphor. 2. Have students find and explain one quote that uses symbolism. 3. List 10 quotes for students and have them find the most or least syllables, vowels, silent e’s, etc. Have them identify the subjects and objects, nouns and verbs, adjectives and adverbs, present tense and past tense, suffixes and prefixes, synonyms and antonyms, alliteration and rhyme, etc. 4. Have students research and write a short biography of the person who said their favorite quote. 5. Have student pick a quote and write a story that uses that quote either as the moral of the story or as a line in the dialogue. Teamwork Activities 1. Assign a group of three or four students a particular maxim or let them choose one from a hat. Have them prepare a one-to- two-minute commercial to illustrate the main message of the quotation. 2. Cut quotes into strips of paper and have student pairs draw a maxim from a hat. Have each student group express the message of the quote in a poster, poem, or song. 3. Tell the class to pretend they are publishing their own maxim collection that can only be 20 quotes long. Working in small groups of 2-3 students, challenge them to find powerful quotes not already in Wise and Enduring Truths to Live By and defend why their quotes should make the cut. You can be the judge or students can vote. Send the final list home to parents and post it in the classroom. Community Connection List the quotes by number on a bracket challenge template, like the one below. Have students, parents and community members vote on their favorite quotes and over time you will advance to a winner. This is an effective school/home/community connection idea.

http://www.wordle.net/

25 Reflect and Apply Activities

Who Said That? Have students rewrite five quotes in their own words. Top Ten Lists Have students compile Top 10 lists of quotations for characters in stories, people in history, or categories with in the quotes themselves (People still Living; By Americans; By Aristotle; Under 150 letters, etc.) Quote a Day Use a quotation as a journal prompt at the beginning (or end) of class. Students can then pick out their favorite journal entry to expand into a full essay. Choose Your Own Ending Give students the first part of a quote and have them think of different endings. For example, “With great power comes __________.” (The original quote, from the movie Spider-Man, ends with “great responsibility.”) Better or Not Present students with two quotes and ask them to vote on which is better. You can let them define “better” or give them specific criteria. Then have students volunteer to explain why they chose one or the other. Quotes for Your Life Select a quotation and write it on the board. Have students copy it, write what it means in their own words and give an example from their own lives. Extra Credit Essay If the Quotes to Live By Essay is not a class assignment, consider offering it as extra-credit. You may require students to relate their essay to any subject - for instance, how good character applies in math, science, P.E etc. Quotes and Current Events As a twist on the traditional “current events” assignment (in which students pick a news article and write out the 5W’s and a summary), have students select a quote that relates to the news story and explain why it is relevant to that current event. Parents Words worth Quoting Have students think about the advice their parents are always giving them. Tell students to write down at least three things they have heard their parents say over and over that would qualify as maxims. Complement or Contradict Present students with two quotes that complement or contradict each other and have a compare/contrast discussion. Some students may have difficulty finding commonalities or differences between quotes. Help them make a list of all the words they think of after reading the first quote. On their own, have them repeat the process with the second quote. Students then compare the two lists to see what connections they can make. To get you started below are sample pairings.

1. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.—American proverb 2. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. —Anne Bradstreet 1. You can really change the world if you care enough.—Marian Wright Edelman 2. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. —Dr. Seuss 1. Never look down on people unless you’re helping them up.—Jesse Jackson

2. When one helps another, both gain in strength. — Ecuadorian proverb 1. If at first you do not succeed, try, try again. If at first you do succeed, try something harder. – Unknown 2. Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda 1. The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need.—Ann Richards 2. Most people see what is and never see what can be. —Albert Einstein

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South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest

Entry Form 2015

ESSAYIST: Please complete the following form and staple it on top of your essay. Incomplete information may disqualify your essay from the contest. NAME: _______________________________________________________________ AGE: ____________ SCHOOL: ____________________________________________ HOME ADDRESS _______________________________________________________ CITY: _________________________ STATE: ______________ ZIP: ______________ PARENT PHONE: ( ) ___________________________ PARENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________ TEACHER: _________________________________________ GRADE: ____________ TEACHER’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________________________________ Quote To Live By Wise and Enduring Truth MAXIM #:________________________ ESSAY TITLE: __________________________________________________________ Have you previously won this contest? (Please circle one.) YES NO If so, when and what was your topic? ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By signing this form, you (and your parent or legal guardian, if you are under 18) give the South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By essay contest committee permission to use your name, essay, and likeness at their discretion in print and electronic media to publicize and promote the contest.

Signature(s): Essayist__________________________________________ Date: _________________ Parent or Guardian_________________________________ Date: __________________

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□ If you use my essay, please do not include my name or likeness with it.

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South Dakota 4-H Quotes to Live By Essay Contest Submission Cover Sheet, 2015

SOUTH DAKOTA CONTEST REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS

• Complete one form for each class/per grade level of essay submission. Please write clearly. • In addition, each individual essay must have a signed Contest Entry Form, see attached. • All submissions must be postmarked by January 31, 2015. • Up to five essays per class/per grade/per school may be submitted. • Submitted essays are not returnable. • Τhe South Dakota 4-H office may reproduce submitted essays, in part or in full, on iGrow and/or in printed materials. • Maximum length, for 4th grade essays, is 500 words; maximum length, for 7th & 9th grade Essays, is 1,000 words. • Essays must be typed and double spaced. CONTACT INFORMATION -We will use this to notify you of results and to send recognition certificates. NAME (teacher or other adult): __________________________________ DATE: ____________

TITLE: ________________ SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION: __________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________

SCHOOL DISTRICT: ________________________________________________________

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CITY: _______________________________STATE: _______ ZIP: ___________________

PHONE: _______________________ E-MAIL: ___________________________________ STUDENT ESSAYISTS: List up to five essayists for each class per grade level on this sheet. Attach additional copies of this form if you are submitting essays from more than one grade level or class.

Individual Entry: Yes No Grade Level: _______

Total # Students in Grade Section_____ # of Those Students Participating in QTLB____ (How many students are in this class?) (How many of those wrote an essay, whether it moved on or not?)

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TEACHERS: How has participation in the QTLB Contest impacted your students? Please give specific examples. (Use back of form for your response.)

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Judging Criteria South Dakota 4-H

Quotes to Live By Essay Contest

Thank you for agreeing to judge the Quotes to Live By essay contest. You will help determine the prizewinners. Your cooperation, support, and impartiality are essential.

CRITERIA

Please use the following criteria when judging an essay: 1. Compelling Content - the most important criterion

• Did the essay make you think or feel something differently or more deeply than before? Did it move you?

• Does it draw on a clearly presented maxim? • Does it discuss at least one discernible "foundation" or value? • Would the world be a better place if everyone lived up to the value or values presented? • Did you learn something compelling about the author? • Is the essay positive and life affirming? • Does it have universal appeal?

2. Presentation - important • Is the essay easy to read? • Is it clearly written? • Were you able to tell exactly what the author was trying to share? • Do the ideas and paragraphs flow smoothly?

3. Grammar and Spelling - the least important • Unless there are many glaring mistakes that suggest a sloppy and hurried essay, grammar and spelling are not very important in this contest. The judge should nevertheless determine to what extent poor grammar and spelling may distract a reader from comprehending the essay.

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Judge’s Review Form

Essay Number Grade Essay Title Total Points Please assign points to each essay in the following categories. (Please do not use “partial points.”) Then add them up below and write the final sum in the Total Points Space at the top. Compelling Content Scale 1 to 10 pts. Is moving and thought provoking ____________ Directly relates to the maxim chosen ____________ Clearly illustrates a relationship to a “foundation” or “value” ____________ Is positive and life-affirming ____________ Has universal appeal ____________ Demonstrates that living up to the value(s) would make the world better ____________ Offers a compelling insight into the essay’s author ____________ Compelling Content Total ____________ Presentation Scale 1 to 5 pts. Is clearly written (grammar and spelling do not impede message) ____________ Is easy to read ____________ Clearly conveys what the author intended to share ____________ Has ideas and paragraphs that flow smoothly ____________ Presentation Total ____________ Additional Comments: Total Essay Points

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