“…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”- Harper Lee. This quote means that you have to like yourself before you can expect someone else to like you. You have standards set for yourself and others. You have to like yourself before you can expect someone else to like you. If you present yourself in a friendly way then people will like you. If you present yourself in a mean or cross (mad) way then people will not like you. Your conscience knows right and wrong. Everything that you do is a choice that you make. You choose the kind of person you want to be. You have to set standards for yourself; they can be high or low, depending on how
Kevin Gates is an inspirational speaker and pushes people to push them self. “Love the people god gave you because he will need them back someday.” Is what he is saying in this quote is don't spend so much time on not liking people and just enjoy life and don't fight with others. “Don't lose your mind trying to wait for people to come to their senses.” In this quote Kevin is saying don't tear yourself down when people don't talk to you or contact you.
Lee quotes ‘the one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's consciences’.
To me this meant that one should be able to act nice towards others despite any preconceived notions of flaws.
and we can do so only by taking the risk of being uniquely our own selves.” This quote fits
“But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Lee, pg. 140) Throughout the novel: To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus tries to stay even-handed about everyone. He never wants to assume the worst of anyone, not even in his own home would he ever talk poorly of someone. He wants to stay the same in his own home as he does on the town. He feels that the only way for people around him to see him as a fair, moral man, he must first feel that way about himself. To make himself feel this way about himself he must always see the best in all people.
“You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”- Thích Nhat Hanh . This quote means that it doesn't matter what others think of you it’s just matters what you think of yourself. In the novel, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton addresses the theme of accepting yourself for who you are, and not to let others change you. It is implied by S.E. Hinton that people should learn to embrace themselves for who they are and not to change if others don’t accept you or have prejudice towards you.
In the quote above, William Shakespeare, describes that a person needs to place who they are and being confident above everything else. Nothing is worse than regretting a situation in life because someone wasn’t being their true self. No one should ever let success, a relationship, or what people think of them get in the way of being who they are. They may be putting on a mask and acting like a different person to try and impress the popular group in school or someone that they really like. In the long run, they may miss out on a great friend or relationship where they are not judged . The 90’s film, “Clueless”, is a perfect example of this quote. The protagonist, Cher Horowitz, tries changing who she is to find a boyfriend. She wants to
“So far about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you you feel bad after.” -Ernest Hemingway Making the wrong choices leads to the feeling of guilt and that is the exact feeling that Abigail Williams eventually goes through in The Crucible. The Crucible is an original play written by Arthur Miller that is based on the Salem witch trials. The story displays the considerable influence a young girl had on her society.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee she uses many excellent quotes that can be broken down and analyzed, one of the quotes she uses is “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” The world and everyone in it isn’t what people always think it is. Furthermore, don’t judge people for how they look or act, dig deeper and get to know them. For example Scout remarks, “Atticus, he was real nice.”
“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind” said Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series. This quote is shown in the life of the people in the story To Kill A Mockingbird. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee cruelty is shown in many forms throughout the novel. In To Kill A Mockingbird cruelty of the world is observed in the lives of Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Dolphus Raymond.
“We as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” This quote is written by Barbara Jordan. This quote means we should judge people based on looks or their opinions of thing. We have to accept people no matter how different or alike are are.
In the book “To KIll A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the author uses characterization and metaphor to convey a message to the readers that growing up with family, shapes how you view right from wrong. Therefore it is difficult to control your actions, to what you think is right, compared to societies.
This quote describes how society can change what someone does by majority rule but, they can’t change the way a person thinks. Individuals are the only one who can control their own minds. When Atticus said this statement to Scout, he exemplified the Tom Robinson case by talking about why he was fighting for an unwinnable case. Moreover, during that time, everyone was very racist. Atticus was the only one to see that everyone equal. To be at peace with himself, he wanted to do the right thing and follow his heart. I agree with Atticus because I see this quote being properly used in everyday life. For example, democracy and rules can determine how a group acts, but it can’t control what the person is thinking. My conscience is not ruled
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an American novel written in 1960. The main character’s father, Atticus Finch, seemed as if he always knew the right thing to say an when to say them. In chapter 11, Atticus tells Scout, “Before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience” (Lee). This quote is widely used today in people’s everyday lives.
We are faced with choices that add or take away from our love for God, love of ourselves, or love of our neighbors, and it is the job of every conscience to help guide us to making the right choice. Every day, we are faced with choices that are immoral and moral. Our conscience helps us solve the problems, especially when it comes to dealing with good or bad. Our conscience is connected to God because everyone in the world knows, deep down, that they are to be and do good, and this obligation could come only from God.