“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company”

George Washington

1789-1797

    This quote means that bad company is never good. Why? Because good is never bad, bad is never good. This says how one should always hang around someone who is good and is willing to help you achieve goals not someone who will hold you back on them. One should have and choose to be around friends who are CTR. For example: you have the set who does drugs enjoys the party scene and most importantly  doesn't care about school. Then, you have the set who is opposite they choose to stay in and have movie nights, study, attend school, actually wanna be and do something with there life etc. If you hang out with the first set  there's only three places you'll end up, jail, dead, streets. If you hang around set b you will have a life, people will look up to you, you will earn respect and good karma will be with you.  Good friends will look out for you and help you  do good things for yourself, they will always be there. Bad friends will get you involved in bad things, won't really care for you and won't help you out to do better for yourself. It's better to be alone than to be in bad company because bad company can ruin your life.

"If your so-called friends urge you to do anythings you know to be wrong, you be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone, Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow"

Thomas S. Monson

I believe that this quote means to do you even if you end up alone. Your true friends are the ones to be there for you whether you choose to do something or not.You shouldn't let anyone influence you in a negative way, because true friends help you choose the right not lead you in a path to choose the wrong. You should always stand up for what you believe because by you doing so, you are being a great leader. Don't be a follower be a leader. You should never let anyone tell you or feel forced to do something because of them. If a class mate wants to steal something from another classmate you dont follow because that's not choosing the right. You either be a good friend and tell them to not do that or you tell an adult. Because that one thing they want to take can mean so much to the other person. You always need to make sure to thing before you act. Never let anyone tell you to do something, because you are your own person and you are responsible for what you do. 

"Goal setting is goal getting.Set and get."

Mark Victor Hansen

I believe this quote implies that if you want something you must set a goal for it or how your going to get what you want. I also think that this means that you have to think about how you will be getting what you want. By setting some goal of something that you want you are most likely to get it than someone who just has the idea of getting it. I believe this because when you just think about something and dont set a goal for it you wont get it because your not making up time for it. Now if you think about it and you get an idea on it and you take time to set it you will get it because now you have thought of how to get it. Planning and setting a goal for something that you want is very important no matter what it is that you are trying to get. An example is you want to get straight A's. If you just think "oh yeah straight A's is what i want" you wont really get it because you probably will lack of with your work. Now on the other hand if you think it then plan out a scheduled and set your goal you will become a straight A's student because you have a plan and you're trying.

 "When obedience becomes your goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block." 

James E. Faust

I believe this means that when you start doing something often you dont see it as a struggle you see it as a life style. When you dont constantly think of doing something you should be doing no matter what it comes natural but if you are contently thinking of doing it, it begins to irritate you and frustrate you.  If you choose to be obedient you are choosing the right. When you choose the right you are doing good. Now, if you choose the wrong you are doing bad, not good and that is not being obedient. By being obedient you are making a better person yourself, not of others. If you show good character traits, one being obedient you are making a good person out of you. By being obedient you can also help change someone else. An example of not being obedient is not listening. If you listen you are obedient and if you dont then your not. Living a life style where you choose to be obedient and it just comes naturally is not so hard. But if you have to consistently be reminded than it can be irritating. 

"Choose the right, it can never go wrong." 

Rubby Rojas

I came  up with this statement because if  you choose the right it will never backfire. If you choose the right thing to do it can never go wrong no matter what because you are not harming no one. By not harming no one you are not making anyone feel bad or less of a person.Which means and shows how you are choosing the right because you are not doing nothing wrong. Another thing is that you can honestly never go wrong with doing whats right. Why? because its right. Doing whats right never harms or hurts anyone. Doing whats right will only bring a positive outcome to everyone involved. An example is you see someone getting bullied you do whats right and you tell an adult. You are not doing nothing wrong because you could actually be helping both people involved. By stopping it for the one getting hurt, but also for the bully because they could be going threw something bad somewhere else that is making them act up like this. You will be killing to birds with one stone in a positive way to everyone.