Thought for the Week

"Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. " By Dr Martia Lubar

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:54:29 SGT

by User Admin.

"Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. " By Dr Martia Lubar

Even though you are the smartest, your attitude is the one which controls you. With right and positive attitudes towards education, you will excel to be a great leader tomorrow ..

Contributed by: a Sec 5 pupil

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. " By John Dewey

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:51:42 SGT

by User Admin.

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. " By John Dewey

My reason for sharing the thought is because I think that life is a learning experience whether it is in school, at home or outside.

Contributed by: a Sec 4 pupil

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather, try to become a man of value. " By Albert Einstein

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:47:37 SGT

by User Admin.

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather, try to become a man of value. " By Albert Einstein

Everyone needs to have some value in them. There is no point becoming successful if you do not display good moral values.

Contributed by: Muhd Sufian of Sec 1M1

If we become a successful man but you are not a person who has integrity, nobody will work with you. However, if you are a man of value, people rather work with you than people who are successful but have no integrity.

Contributed by: Chan De Rui, Soh Wei Quan, Yvonne Ng and Kai Li of Sec 1M1

"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order. To put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order. To put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. " By Con

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:39:08 SGT

by User Admin.

"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order. To put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order. To put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. " By Confucius

Everything has an order, we need to do everything in order to do it right. We should start from the basic, which is our personal life, to cultivate ourselves.

Contributed by: class of Sec 1M1

"Truthfulness is the main element of character. " By Unknown Source

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:32:51 SGT

by User Admin.

"Truthfulness is the main element of character. " By Unknown Source

We should be truthful about everything, to everyone and in any place.

Contributed by: Soh Wei Quan, Chan De Rui, Yvonne Ng, Phang JieKie, KaiLi of Sec 1M1

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost, when health is lost something is lost, when character is lost, everything is lost. " By Unknown Source

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:29:34 SGT

by User Admin.

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost, when health is lost something is lost, when character is lost, everything is lost. " By Unknown Source

It is important as it is one of my core values.

Contributed by: Mok Zhen Xuan of Sec 1M3

"The test is to recognize a mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded. " By Dr. Dale E. Turner

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:28:20 SGT

by User Admin.

"The test is to recognize a mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded. " By Dr. Dale E. Turner

Everyone makes mistakes. Learn from your mistake… Try to correct it, it is better than running away from it. It just takes time for people to make it right.

Contributed by: Nur Tiara Afiqah of Sec 1S2

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. " By Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:25:56 SGT

by User Admin.

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. " By Arthur C. Clarke

You can only find success if you work beyond your limit.

Contributed by: Ridzwan Juma’at of Sec 2M3

"Failure is not necessarily missing top grades but aiming too low. " By Unknown Source

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:13:16 SGT

by User Admin.

"Failure is not necessarily missing top grades but aiming too low. " By Unknown Source

I quote this because I think if we aim for low grades and work hard on that grades, we will eventually low grades. But if we aim for high grades and work extra hard we will get better results.

Contributed by: Nurul Ain Bte Zulkiflee of Sec 1S2

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. " By Thomas Alva Edison

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:11:16 SGT

by User Admin.

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. " By Thomas Alva Edison

My reason for sharing is because we need to work hard to achieve what we aim for and we must believe that our perspiration will make us geniuses.

Contributed by: Nur Haziqah of Sec 1M1

"May today be better than yesterday and tomorrow the best of the three days. " By Unknown Source

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:05:13 SGT

by User Admin.

"May today be better than yesterday and tomorrow the best of the three days. " By Unknown Source

This quote is implying that people should do better and better everyday. If not they would not be able to achieve anything. This shows that if people work hard, they will succeed.

Contributed by: Tang Ai Ling of Sec 2M3

"The significant problems we face in life cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. " By Albert Einstein

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:46:45 SGT

by User Admin.

"The significant problems we face in life cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. " By Albert Einstein

We should think beyond what we normally do when we face a problem. We might just get the right solution. So change the level of thinking. Everyone can do it. Just try.

Contributed by: Siti Aisyah Bte Mohd Kamal of Sec 1M1

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. " By Henry Ford

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:41:55 SGT

by User Admin.

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. " By Henry Ford

I know when one makes mistakes, people will laugh and humiliate him. But they don’t know that this guy makes a mistake, he learns the hard way and at the end of the day, he knows more.

Contributed by: Bryan Liang of Sec 2M3

"If a person succeeds, it does not mean he or she has never failed before. " By Unknown source

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:38:44 SGT

by User Admin.

"If a person succeeds, it does not mean he or she has never failed before. " By Unknown source

I say that because I think that if we want to succeed, we must work hard. Although we may sometimes fail, we must try, try and try because failing makes us stronger for not giving up easily.

Contributed by: Nurul Ain Bte Zulkiflee of Sec 1S2

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal." By Unknown Source

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:36:00 SGT

by User Admin.

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal." By Unknown Source

I feel that one should always persevere and be determined to overcome the challenges that comes along with his goal. Only then, you can climb the ladder of success with glory as you have conquered the odds.

Contributed by: Md Abdillah bin Md Amin of Sec 3M4

"Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect. " By Real Live Preacher

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:04:58 SGT

by User Admin.

"Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect. " By Real Live Preacher

A lot of great leaders are worth our respect because they have integrity combined with faithfulness. I hope that people will make effort to work on this…. .

Contributed by: Chee Pin Xuan of Sec 1M1

"Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing. " By Don Galer

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:59:56 SGT

by User Admin.

"Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing. " By Don Galer

We all must show pride and commitment and be honest in our work. Also, we must not make promises we can’t keep. .

Contributed by: Johan of Sec 1M1

"Integrity has no need for rules " By Albert Camus

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:56:40 SGT

by User Admin.

"Integrity has no need for rules " By Albert Camus

I believe everyone must have integrity. They don’t need rules to have integrity. If everyone is honest enough, this world would be a world of integrity where we can live in harmony..

Contributed by: Noradli of Sec 1M1

"Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. " By Don Galer

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:53:45 SGT

by User Admin.

"Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. " By Don Galer

Everything you do and everything you say, is integrity. It’s the heart of the thing you do that tells.

Contributed by: Soh Wei Quan, Kaili, Hwee Ming, Chan De Rui, Yvonne & Qiying of Sec 1M1

"Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path, and the only one upon which you will never get lost. " By M.H. McKee

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:43:20 SGT

by User Admin.

"Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path, and the only one upon which you will never get lost. " By M.H. McKee

If we follow the path of integrity, we will never get lost. The right path that we can pursue our dreams is our moral conscience.

Contributed by: Ng Shawnny of Sec 1M1

"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. " By Oprah Winfrey

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:37:10 SGT

by User Admin.

"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. " By Oprah Winfrey

Sometimes, people, they think that others are watching them while they are doing things. So they act as if they were honest. But real integrity is that when, even though, people are not watching us, we do things truthfully.

Contributed by: Nur Fitri of Sec 1M1

We must have integrity in order to have people’s trust. If not, they will distrust us and nobody is going to believe us again.

Contributed by: Tan Yanyun of Sec 1M1

"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. " By Unknown Author

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:30:22 SGT

by User Admin.

"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. " By Unknown Author

In order to have integrity, we must be responsible in our action. If we fail to conduct ourselves appropriately, we would not achieve what we want in life. Instead, we might lose what we had already achieved. .

Contributed by: Nur Adibah of Sec 1M1

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. " By Samuel Johnson

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:28:04 SGT

by User Admin.

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. " By Samuel Johnson

It simply means that if you have integrity but no knowledge OR have knowledge but no integrity, it is equally bad. You should have both integrity and knowledge to be a strong and useful person of good character.
Contributed by: Atiqah Asri of Sec 1M1

If we have integrity without knowledge is weak and useless and if we have knowledge without integrity, it will be dangerous. We must have both.
Contributed by: Nur Haziqah of Sec 1M1

"When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. " By Unknown author

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:16:41 SGT

by User Admin.

"When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. " By Unknown author

Never be afraid to make mistakes. The point is when you make mistake, you should learn from the mistake and never do it again.

Contributed by: Anonymous

"Life is too short to dwell on the small things. Forgive, forget and move on with your life. " By Konosuke Matsushita

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:14:25 SGT

by User Admin.

"Life is too short to dwell on the small things. Forgive, forget and move on with your life. " By Konosuke Matsu**a

The results we got for our last exams was the fruit of our labour, BUT we mustn’t be disheartened if we got poor results. Continue to strive for results with flying colours.

Contributed by: Wong Chun Kiat of Sec 1M2

"Failure is the stepping stone to success. " By Anonymous

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:12:34 SGT

by User Admin.

"Failure is the stepping stone to success. " By Anonymous

I hope to encourage students not to give up because of failures.

Contributed by: a pupil of Sec 4M2

"Success is falling down nine and getting up ten. " By Unknown

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:57:14 SGT

by User Admin.

"Success is falling down nine and getting up ten. " By Unknown

I think that we should persevere on. We will never know that we might succeed if we do not try.

Contributed by: Collin Chia of Sec 1M2

"Fall seven times, stand up eight. " By Unknown

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:55:49 SGT

by User Admin.

"Fall seven times, stand up eight. " By Unknown

It’s an inspirational quote which has really driven me thus far. If you fail, try and try until you succeed.

Contributed by: Putri Ananda of Sec 3M2

"Go back a little to leap further. " By John Clarke

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:53:03 SGT

by User Admin.

"Go back a little to leap further. " By John Clarke

Normally when I see someone fall, they are very scared to get back on their feet again. They think that once they fail, they would never be able to succeed. I’m sure that one day, once they see their mistakes... they would be able to succeed in life.

Contributed by: Khairunisa of Sec 1M2

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. " By Elbert Hubbard

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:51:13 SGT

by User Admin.

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. " By Elbert Hubbard

Everyone make mistakes in life, as one is never born perfect. But it takes a lot of perseverance to push oneself further to perfectionism but a tiny effort to take a step back. One should not be afraid to make mistakes in life, for it will only be a huge wealth of experience that could be an advantage for the future. A simple careless mistake in the exams should not be seen as shameful. Instead, be appreciative for it could be a mistake that could spur you to score higher marks in future .

Contributed by: a pupil from Sec 4M5

"Impatience never command success. " By Lee Yong Hui

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:40:56 SGT

by User Admin.

"Impatience never command success. " By Lee Yong Hui

To become a success, we should be patient. No matter how many times you fail, do not give up. Try again. If you are impatient and give up after one failure, you will never taste success.

Contributed by: Lee Yong Hui of Sec 3S2

"Everything will be OK in the end. If its not OK, it’s not the end. " By Peter Pandiani

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:38:25 SGT

by User Admin.

"Everything will be OK in the end. If its not OK, it’s not the end. " By Peter Pandiani

When the going is bad, don’t despair. Don’t give up when you feel like doing so. One must be patient, and persevere to the end for the success one reaps will be sweet after long torturous sowing.

Contributed by: a pupil from 4M5

"With every action comes a consequence. " By Unknown

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:51:43 SGT

by User Admin.

"With every action comes a consequence. " By Unknown

If you study hard, you will pass the exam. If you become lazy, you will fail.

Contributed by: Muhd Ridhwan of Sec 3M2

"Always live up to your own expectations, and not others." By Unknown

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:42:57 SGT

by User Admin.

"Always live up to your own expectations, and not others." By Unknown

From my 4 years of experience in this school, I feel that target setting is very important and useful. Sometimes, we tend to aim higher than our ability. I feel it is important to try our best to achieve our own goals rather than living up to other people’s expectations. It is then that we would work for it and feel the success of our own hard work at the end of the day.

Contributed by: a Sec 4M2 pupil

"Life is like a sewer…. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. " By Unknown

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:39:46 SGT

by User Admin.

"Life is like a sewer…. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. " By Unknown

I feel only the person himself/herself can decide how they live their life, how they live through their ups and downs.

Contributed by: Fazlinda of Sec 2M3

"You are not expected to always win. But you are always expected to try your best. " By Khoo Swee Chiow

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:37:11 SGT

by User Admin.

"You are not expected to always win. But you are always expected to try your best. " By Khoo Swee Chiow

You may not always win but most important is that you have tried your best in everything. Nobody will expect you to win everything but you must have perseverance.

Contributed by: Brandon Chia of Sec 2L1

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. " By Samuel Johnson

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:24:36 SGT

by User Admin.

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. " By Samuel Johnson

Only with diligence and skill can we do great works. Great works can only be done with perseverance.

Contributed by: pupils of Sec 1M1

"Nothing in this world is difficult for anyone who has a strong determination. " By Unknown Author

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:20:08 SGT

by User Admin.

"Nothing in this world is difficult for anyone who has a strong determination. " By Unknown Author

No matter what you do, there has to always be the strength of will and bravery so that no matter how difficult it gets, you will be sure to achieve it.

Contributed by: Quraisha of Sec 3M2

"Never give up hope. Even in the darkest times, opportunities will shine your way. " By Anonymous

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:15:22 SGT

by User Admin.

"Never give up hope. Even in the darkest times, opportunities will shine your way. " By Anonymous

Believe in self, know what you are doing and follow your own path even if you encounter any problems.

Contributed by: a Sec 4S3 pupil

"Life isn’t just about what you learn. It’s what others learn from you... " By Cassie Pingleton

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:13:13 SGT

by User Admin.

"Life isn’t just about what you learn. It’s what others learn from you... " By Cassie Pingleton

I believe that whatever we do, we should think of others too. So, if we have extra information, we should share with others because others will learn from us and gain knowledge. Do not be selfish. Examinations are around the corner, so gain knowledge from one another.

Contributed by: Rohainy of Sec 1M3