Quotes from Pat Hurley Assemblies
"You have a tremendous power with your
words...you can make a person at your school feel really good about themselves or you can destroy them. Be a person of compliments and not criticism!"
"My job is to be a
speaker. That is what I do for a living. Your teacher's job is to teach. Your counselor's job is to counsel. Your job is to be a full-time student. This is what YOU do for a living! In the class period you have, you need to do your job whether or not you like the teacher, the subject matter or the other students in your class. Do your job...and do it well! If you want a FUTURE!"
"Guys don't know how to compliment other
guys....we don't say, 'Hey, nice eyelashes!' ...not if we want to live past noon that day!"
"I have learned over the years to never judge someone by their race, culture or financial status....I respect each person as an individual no matter what color they are or how they look. Until they give me reason not to trust or respect them!"
"Start making your own
decisions...no friend, no girlfriend, no boyfriend, no gang, no alcoholic drink, no drug or no other addictions have the right or power to make your choices UNLESS you give them that right! Once you do, they will control your life and they will not care about you as much as you should be caring about yourself!"
"I always struggled in P.E...I don't look like Michael Jordan...I look like the Pillsbury Doughboy! But, this is ME! And people will accept me or they won't...but, I have!"
"How many of you have had a bunch of your friends over to spend the night and you got the giggles at 1:00 in the morning? Someone will tell a stupid joke at 9:30...and one of your friends will finally understand it at...1:00 in the morning! Hello?!!!"
"How many of you hate lectures as much as I do? When someone gives you a lecture and says, 'Don't you DARE do it!' How many of you sit there saying to yourself on the inside...'DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!' That is why most lectures don't work! So, let's have an assembly where you give YOURSELF the lecture and act like the young adult I know
you can be!"
"Teachers have the second-hardest job in the
world...after parents! Because some of you have the attention span of a mosquito....and no place to land!"
"Why do we ask stupid questions we ALREADY know the answers to? Like, 'My boyfriend hits me, should I break up with him?'...duh!!! Or, 'Is this cough ever going to go away or should I stop smoking?'...hmmm! When we reach the point when we realize we are more special than the stupid things we allow in our lives, we are on our way to realizing our potential!"
"I don't know why we always talk about the problems teenagers have...correct me if I am wrong, but don't adults have basically the SAME set of problems? It is not about our age...it is about our ATTITUDE!"
"If you want to START building self-respect in your child's life then let them FINISH their sentences even if you know what they are going to say!"
"As a teacher, if we don't realize the IMPACT we are making on our students lives, we will never realize the IMPORTANCE of our life!"
"To a guy the mirror in the morning is not a
mirror...it is SHOWTIME!...to a girl that is not a mirror either; it is the ENEMY!"
"My goal is to entertain people of all ages so they can discover the greatest person they will ever meet on this earth....themselves!"
"Everyone in this room has at least one
gift...mine growing up was humor. I did not appreciate it. I know my teachers did not, either! But, it was a powerful talent...my timing on using it was just a little off, that's all! Parents...don't just focus on your child's grades...help them discover their GIFT!"
"How many of you have the gift of being the class clown? ...The future MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS of this country!" "How many of you have the gift of arguing?...Future LAWYERS!" "How many of you have the gift of helping your friends with their problems? Future COUNSELORS!" "How many of you have the gift of saving your money?....Future BANKERS!" "How many of you have the gift of spending OTHER people's money? Future POLITICIANS!" hahahaahhahaha!
"Young people are not just the hope of
tomorrow...they are the hope of today! They are our constant reminder that life is to be lived with emotion, enthusiasm and energy!"
"I have enjoyed you as
individuals...now go make your school the friendliest and most respected in the state of California! Show us adults the kind of young people you are...respectful, friendly, honest, responsible and committed to the potential you have. It is time for the world to see how great you can
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