Student ePortfolios @ York

“Do or do not…..there is no try” by Yoda. Yoda was on point. My father has always told me to do something to the best of my ability or not to do it at all. His reason for this was if a person does not really do his or her job correct the first time, that [...]

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi This quote aptly explains what violence can do to the world. If everyone left out to get vengeance, then everyone would be dead, and it makes no sense. Its easier to find enemies than it is to find friends, and if everyone [...]

“One who expects nothing enjoys everything.” – Francis of Assisi If we expect nothing from anyone or from anything, then we can learn to enjoy everything that comes our way. When we assume and hold expectations, we open our self to disappointment and give ourselves room to be let down. Francis of Assisi, whose year of [...]

“In a way our body is a journal and our scars are sort of entries in it.” – Johnny Depp Depp says this in reply to the tatoos he has on his body. Ever scar we get on our skin is just a story to how we got it, and what happened,it is like a journal [...]

“Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss” There is no point in crying over spilled milk…just a metaphor to what the Doctor recommends here. There is something to learn in the broken things in life too, and you can learn a lesson from it, smile you learned something and move on [...]

“I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I knew) their names are what and why and when and who and where and how.” – Rudyard Kipling This quote as funny as it may sound, is deep in its seriousness. If you need to learn or know something, it is best to depend on [...]

“No man ever profited by cursing his father, no matter how much of a curse his father was to him.” – Thoreau This holds true for anyone and a relation, though a person might have been hurt by someone in their life, they can not use that as an excuse for any mistakes they make in [...]

“You scare the s*** out of people , so they can’t see how scared you are.” – Gia Marie Carangi A mask people often put up so no one realizes how the feel inside. Some people are rude and obnoxious, but on the inside really they are very shy people, but to overcome that they go [...]

“Charity sees the need not the cause.” -German Proverb The purpose of a charity is to help those who are in need; by definition charity is helping individuals who cannot other wise help themselves because they are sick helpless or poor. Charities do not in anyway address or fix the problem which they are providing aid. [...]

“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” -Sir Francis Bacon The truest words I have ever heard. Bacon was simply stating that no one is perfect. The most beautiful of handsome person in the world has some form of mental or physical strangeness. Takes Megan Fox for instance her body [...]

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” –Pablo Picasso Be creative!! Everyone is different and unique; find something that you can express yourself with and used it to communicate with others. Use your talent (painting, sculpting, poetry, music, etc) to keep your own journal and to express yourself. Some of the best works are [...]