Mark Twain Dialectical Journal Analysis
Mark Twain Quote Journal
Baker College of Allen Park
5/7/14
Mark Twain said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Twain had the belief that people need to surround themselves with others who will encourage them to be their best. Those who belittle others who are in pursuit of something ambitious are not the kind of people who are pursuing their own passions and desires. Those are people that may never have received words of encouragement to set their feet down and run. Also, those who belittle others ambitions have not had someone to walk alongside them in life and speak greatness to them. They have not been around the great ones themselves. The small are missing something that they cannot see. The influence of people around us can encourage us to greatness or easily help us to believe we are inept at achieving something bigger than what we know. Many cannot relate to someone when they live so differently. It is a foreign concept to do something different than what is known. That is why Twain says, “Keep away from those people”. As a people in general, everyone is easily influenced, whether it is by our …show more content…
I have known him for 20 years. He has always considered me a part of his family. This person truly is one of “the great ones”. This man is the kind of person that always looks for an opportunity to encourage the best to shine out of people. He puts energy and action into his beliefs and it shows in every area of his life. My life has dramatically changed since I began working with him. He sees the things I cannot see in myself. He sees something great and takes every opportunity to pass on the vision to me. My boss is my friend, peer and a father figure in many ways. How true it is that when people are in the presence of someone great, they will feel great
Baker College of Allen Park
5/7/14
Mark Twain said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Twain had the belief that people need to surround themselves with others who will encourage them to be their best. Those who belittle others who are in pursuit of something ambitious are not the kind of people who are pursuing their own passions and desires. Those are people that may never have received words of encouragement to set their feet down and run. Also, those who belittle others ambitions have not had someone to walk alongside them in life and speak greatness to them. They have not been around the great ones themselves. The small are missing something that they cannot see. The influence of people around us can encourage us to greatness or easily help us to believe we are inept at achieving something bigger than what we know. Many cannot relate to someone when they live so differently. It is a foreign concept to do something different than what is known. That is why Twain says, “Keep away from those people”. As a people in general, everyone is easily influenced, whether it is by our …show more content…
I have known him for 20 years. He has always considered me a part of his family. This person truly is one of “the great ones”. This man is the kind of person that always looks for an opportunity to encourage the best to shine out of people. He puts energy and action into his beliefs and it shows in every area of his life. My life has dramatically changed since I began working with him. He sees the things I cannot see in myself. He sees something great and takes every opportunity to pass on the vision to me. My boss is my friend, peer and a father figure in many ways. How true it is that when people are in the presence of someone great, they will feel great