Letter From The Editor 1/23

Hey everyone!

Welcome or welcome back to Pillar. Over the break, our staff has been working to start this year off with a bang, so be on the lookout for a few new projects over the semester! This drop is all about new beginnings. Whether it be the start of a new RISE season, recruiting new members for an activity, or thinking about new classes for the 2023-24 school year, a new semester brings a fresh start to a part of all of our lives.

This past weekend, many people around the world celebrated Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is celebrated by over 2 Billion people every year, and follows the movement of the moon cycle. This year is the year of the rabbit. The rabbit is a symbol of caution and intellect. It stresses the importance of approaching life and its problems in an intelligent way.

So, as we go into this new year, I put together a list of 23 pieces of wisdom to think about in the midst of our new beginnings. Enjoy, and as always, Happy Reading.

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

— Michael Altshuler

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script."

— Oprah Winfrey

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

— Malala Yousafzai

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

— Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one!"

— Dolly Parton

"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go."

— Carol Burnett

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today."

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it."

— Muhammad Ali

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

–Albert Einstein

Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being.

–Kevin Kruse

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

–Steve Jobs

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

–Maya Angelou

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

–Booker T. Washington

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

–Marie Curie

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at.

–Jesse Owens

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

–Gloria Steinem

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

–Grandma Moses

“Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbon.”

—Ann Ruth Schabacker

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

—Duke Ellington

“The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing that you’ll make one.”

—Elbert Hubbard

Sarah Dewees

Editor-In-Chief