Student Success Statement

"Character is higher than intellect."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 The quote is saying that being smart doesn't compare to being good in character. its true because someone could be smart but use there smarts to do wrong, where a person who maybe not as smart but does right with what little knowledge he or she may have.

Student Success Statement

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The quote is saying that what is around you doesn't define you as a person but rather what is inside of you. The choices you make and the activities you do define you as who you are.