B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 3
Speaker 1
No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping. --African Proverb
Be a mountain or lean on one.
What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.Speaker 2
A smile dispels many worries. --Chinese Proverb
Repay good with good. --Chinese Proverb
Starlight shines far. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 3
The longest way around is the shortest way home.
It's better to walk thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. --Chinese Proverb
Don’t count your chickens before they hatchSpeaker 4
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. --African Proverb
Politeness costs little but yields much.Speaker 5
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet tall.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 6
A picture is worth a thousand words
Slow and steady wins the race.
Early bird catches the wormSpeaker 7
Action speaks louder than words.
Ripe fruit falls by itself - but it doesn't fall in your mouth. --Chinese Proverb
He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself. --African proverb
Round 2
Speaker 1
Worry
wish
CommunicationSpeaker 2
Need
Goodness
InfancySpeaker 3
Poverty
information
AbilitySpeaker 4
Pleasure
Marriage
LoveSpeaker 5
Peculiarity
Luck
CourageSpeaker 6
government
Disquiet
DexteritySpeaker 7
Faith
Charity
memory
Elim 1
Speaker 1
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress --Barack Obama
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance. --Edgar J. Mohn
That's how we're gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.Speaker 2
Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' --Fred Rogers
Keep calm and carry on.
I’m a big deal in the resistance. --Finn, The Force AwakensSpeaker 3
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. --Anton Chekhov
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
I can take any truth just don't lie to me. --Barbra StreisandSpeaker 4
"Waste no time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” --— Marcus Aurelius
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
A true Friend is the best Possession. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 5
Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. --Benjamin Franklin
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be? --Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give)
"Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children." --— Malcolm XSpeaker 6
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. --Albert Einstein
It is never too late to be what you might have been. --George Eliot
All it takes is faith and trustSpeaker 7
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. --Aldous Huxley
Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you. Just like your father. --Luke Skywalker, Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
We accept the love we think we deserve.
Elim 2
Speaker 1
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. --Albert Einstein
Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass. --Louise Erdrich (The Round House)
“In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.” --— James RestonSpeaker 2
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. --Benjamin Franklin
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are. --G. Edward GriffinSpeaker 3
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. --Benjamin Franklin
Just Do It
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 4
Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
We make war that we may live in peace. --AristotleSpeaker 5
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. --Anne Frank
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. --Aldous Huxley
Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts --AladdinSpeaker 6
We are the change that we seek. --Barack Obama
"Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.” --— James Russell Lowell
“Once is a mistake, twice is jazz.” --— Attributed to Miles DavisSpeaker 7
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world. --Dolores Huerta
To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. --Fred Rogers
You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. --George Clooney
Round 1
Speaker 1
Strawberry
Singer
GauvaSpeaker 2
Deer
Sandwich
StadiumSpeaker 3
Plant
Fox
NoseSpeaker 4
Town
Bookstore
TomatoSpeaker 5
Smoke
Hat
BulbSpeaker 6
Photographer
Flag
FrogSpeaker 7
Back
Boots
Ankle