C. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. --Benjamin Franklin
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised ‘for the good of its victims' may be the most oppressive." --— C. S. Lewis
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. --Ferdinand FochSpeaker 2
“As government expands, liberty contracts.” --— Ronald Reagan
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. --Albert Einstein
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action. --Malcolm XSpeaker 3
Fatigue is the best pillow. --Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. --Anton Chekhov
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. --Jane AddamsSpeaker 4
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. --Dee Dee Myers
"Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.” --— Amelia Earhart
I wasn’t born a first lady or a senator. I wasn’t born a Democrat. I wasn’t born a lawyer or an advocate for women’s rights and human rights. I wasn’t born a wife or a mother. --Hillary ClintonSpeaker 5
Honest people don't hide their deeds. --Emily Bronte
Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be! --Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote)
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. --Babe RuthSpeaker 6
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)
I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. --Arthur Miller
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.Speaker 7
The worst monsters are the ones we create. --Geralt of Rivia
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. --Anne Frank
"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.” --— R. Lee Ermey
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. --Andrew Carnegie
"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us.” --— Charles Bukowski
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 2
I always just want to move along to the next step. --Ben Silbermann
We must consult our means rather than our wishes. --George Washington
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.Speaker 3
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. --Abraham Lincoln
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. --Malcolm X
“The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.” --— Ludwig von MisesSpeaker 4
However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own
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 the wrongs that need resistance, to the right that needs assistance, to the future in the distance, give yourselves. --Carrie Chapman CattSpeaker 5
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” --— Malcolm X
“The Constitution was not written to protect politicians. It was written to protect the people.” --— Robert J. O’Neill
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships. --Barbara BushSpeaker 6
I am not a committee.
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. --Aldous Huxley
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.Speaker 7
Never give up. Keep trying and pushing and struggling, even if you don't know what your goal is or why you would want to achieve it. --Jack Handey
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Round 3 - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. --Lillian Dickson
"If you sweep a conflict under the rug, eventually you're going to trip on it.” --— Dr. Marilyn Sorensen
A friendly piece of advice; assume that I know everything. --Moff Gideon, The MandalorianSpeaker 2
Hope springs eternal in the human breast. --Alexander Pope
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap, the job's a game --Mary Poppins
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. --Andrew CarnegieSpeaker 3
“At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it.” --— Unknown
“I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy." --— Ayn Rand
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." --— C.S. LewisSpeaker 4
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. --Mark Twain
the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. --George Washington
“I am not a politician. I am an ordinary citizen with a deep-seated belief that much of what troubles us has been brought about by politicians.” --— Ronald ReaganSpeaker 5
You have to be secure in yourself to engage and challenge the mainstream. --Anne Poelina
Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children. --Hillary Clinton
You have the ability to choose what you want to experience.Speaker 6
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. --Benjamin Franklin
There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help. --Fred Rogers
We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means. --Martin Luther King Jr.Speaker 7
“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke." --— F. Scott Fitzgerald
You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is. --Andre Agassi
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Elim 1 - 3:00pm
Speaker 1
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. --Christopher Morley
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. --Aristotle
Can anybody be happy if they aren’t free? --Beauty and the BeastSpeaker 2
I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish. --Anna Kendrick
Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. --Barbara Bush
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” --— Ronald ReaganSpeaker 3
I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be. --Fred Rogers
"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” --— Murphy’s Law
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. --Gilbert K ChestertonSpeaker 4
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. --Aldous Huxley
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. --Ann Landers
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. --Andrew CarnegieSpeaker 5
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. --Abigail Van Buren
No justice movement in history would have been successful if it had tailored its language to the oppressors. --Alex J. O’Connor
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.Speaker 6
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. --Leonardo Da Vinci
Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home. --Alice Walker
Don’t forget that I cannot see myself, that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror. --Jacques RigautSpeaker 7
"You never know how fast you're going until you fall off." --— Surfer and filmmaker, Bruce Brown
All of us, at some time or other, need help. --Fred Rogers
"The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret." --— W Nido Qubein
Elim 2 - 5:25pm
Speaker 1
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. --Christopher Morley
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. --Aristotle
Can anybody be happy if they aren’t free? --Beauty and the BeastSpeaker 2
I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish. --Anna Kendrick
Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. --Barbara Bush
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” --— Ronald ReaganSpeaker 3
I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be. --Fred Rogers
"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” --— Murphy’s Law
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. --Gilbert K ChestertonSpeaker 4
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. --Aldous Huxley
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. --Ann Landers
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. --Andrew CarnegieSpeaker 5
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. --Abigail Van Buren
No justice movement in history would have been successful if it had tailored its language to the oppressors. --Alex J. O’Connor
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.Speaker 6
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. --Leonardo Da Vinci
Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home. --Alice Walker
Don’t forget that I cannot see myself, that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror. --Jacques RigautSpeaker 7
"You never know how fast you're going until you fall off." --— Surfer and filmmaker, Bruce Brown
All of us, at some time or other, need help. --Fred Rogers
"The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret." --— W Nido Qubein