C. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way. --Seamus Heaney
"If you're going to be a tourist, be a respectful one." --— Ben Folds
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. --Booker T. WashingtonSpeaker 2
If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same… yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, --Rudyard Kipling
"Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.” --— Murphy's Law
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. --Bell HooksSpeaker 3
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. --Gary Snyder
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. --Albus Dumbledore
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. --Shirley ChisholmSpeaker 4
Do not go gentle into that good night. --Dylan Thomas
An activist is one who is actively involved in creating a community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality. --Jasmine Guy
The wound is the place where the light enters you. --RumiSpeaker 5
A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep. --Tywin Lannister
The question isn’t whether you’re a leader if people are following you. The question is, are you a leader worth following? --Sheryl Sandberg
I drink and I know things. --Tyrion LannisterSpeaker 6
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages. --Michelle Obama
Chaos is a ladder. --Petyr Baelish
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. --W.E.B. Du BoisSpeaker 7
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. --Mahatma Gandhi
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. --Rosa Parks
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not making decisions. --Catherine Cook
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
Destiny helps people believe there's an order to this horseshit. --Geralt of Rivia
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. --Maya Angelou
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. --Ralph Waldo EmersonSpeaker 2
We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. --Albus Dumbledore
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. --Albus Dumbledore
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. --Langston HughesSpeaker 3
"All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education." --— Frédéric Bastiat
It is never too late to be what you might have been. --George Eliot
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. --Charles BukowskiSpeaker 4
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. --Albus Dumbledore
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find your passion, figure out your purpose, and use that to help others. --Ta-Nehisi Coates
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked. --Allen Ginsberg,Speaker 5
Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future. --Dale Turner
Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. --Geralt of Rivia
"The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret." --— W Nido QubeinSpeaker 6
Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children. --Hillary Clinton
The child is father of the man. --William Wordsworth
I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills. --Sheryl SandbergSpeaker 7
Our children need to see and know it’s possible to achieve their dreams and, more important, that they need to dream in the first place. --Lupita Nyong'o
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. --Lewis Carroll
Your silence will not protect you. --Audre Lorde
Round 3 - 1:15pm
Speaker 1
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. --Maya Angelou
I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. --Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The night is dark and full of terrors. --MelisandreSpeaker 2
Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. --C. Joy Bell
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. --Florence Nightingale
I'm not a hero. I'm a high-functioning alcoholic with a bad attitude. --Geralt of RiviaSpeaker 3
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in. --Rosa Parks
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. --Emily Dickinson
You can't outrun destiny just because you're terrified of it. --Yennefer of VengerbergSpeaker 4
The function of freedom is to free someone else. --Toni Morrison
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. --T.S. Eliot
The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. --Albus DumbledoreSpeaker 5
Though she be but little, she is fierce. --William Shakespeare
I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. --Lucille Ball
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. --Aretha FranklinSpeaker 6
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. --Albus Dumbledore
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. --Malcolm XSpeaker 7
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. --Albus Dumbledore
The worst monsters are the ones we create. --Geralt of Rivia
A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. --Marge Piercy