Billy Joel grew up in Long Island, New York. While growing up, he studied classical music; however, when he went to a Beatles concert, he decided to become a professional musician. He later became one of the most successful artists of his generation by selling more than one hundred million records worldwide. In 1999, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In “Hold Fast Your Dreams - and Trust Your Mistakes,” Billy Joel is inspirational because he shows that he is hardworking, and he turns his mistakes and failures into great things for his career. One reason Billy Joel is inspirational is that even though he didn’t graduate from high school, he is still hardworking. To show he is hardworking, he used to have a multitude of different
"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." -Shakespeare Over the course of the book, Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie S. Tolan, Jake, a bad boy, achieved greatness with the help of the family he was living with, the Applewhites. Jake had burnt down his old school in Rhode Island and no other schools were willing to take him in, except the Applewhites. The Applewhites school is called the Creative Academy, which is run by the Applewhite adults. The children can learn or work on any project they want, and they are very unorganized. Jake is the outcast there, though, because he smokes, cusses, and hates not having a TV or video games. It is extremely hard for him to adjust. Jake was inspired to be great because of threats, opinions of his actions, and discovering his passion.
and by the majority of his listeners a genius. He grew up in a suburb of Manhattan in the early
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” This quote from Walt Disney addressing the concept of achieving dreams is very accurate, and can be seen throughout literature today and in the past. Dreams can give people power or take away hope, and influence how people live their lives based upon whether they have the determination to attack their dreams or not; as seen through characters like the speaker in Harlem by Langston Hughes and Lena and Walter Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in The Sun.
Billy Collins refused to stick to a standard of writing which has gained him so much fame over the years. He has been acknowledged with many awards and titles including Poet Laureate and Poet of the State of New York, he has also been compared to the late, great Robert Frost. His simplistic poetry structure and witty, dry humor has set a standard for the modern poet. Billy Collin’s hospitable and playful poetry will continue his legacy for many years to come.
“ If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader”(Editors”). This quote, by Dolly Parton, shows that she lived a hard early life, but her singing dream did come true. Dolly Parton had three pieces that really held her up in life, one was her early life, and another was how her career started, lastly was her career.
Failure and fear are known to discourage countless numbers of people throughout society, and has stopped many dreams from being achieved. Yet, there are still a few number of people in society who contain and/or are able to maintain a capacity of determination thriving inside of them, helping them to strive for their deepest desires. Those type of people are inspirations, for example, Rudy and Malala are two inspirational figures determined for their separate reasons. In the allegorical film, Rudy and allegorical story, Jonathan Livingston seagull, determination was one of the keys to reaching their goals and the only way to make their dreams come true is to work relentlessly with the support to never give up.
I am glad that there was so many young people and kids that looked up to him. They wanted to pursue their dreams just like he did and I think that’s really amazing to have so many young people in America wanting to be like you. Knowing that if they really try and put everything into something it can turn out to be something big and amazing.
Princeton, from the musical “Avenue Q”, can be described as happy, lost, and optimistic. As a recent graduate from college, Princeton has no idea what to do with a B.A. in English. Although Princeton is thrown this seemingly impossible obstacle to overcome, he is determined to find his purpose in life, and it is this quality that Princeton encompasses that I relate to.
Why do you put on that jersey? Why do you go out and practice?” Once you have that reason in mind it is the thing that wakes you up in the morning and that is what motivates you to what you have to do and with that words of wisdom, he makes the audience think about their reason for doing things like going to school, like for example, I’m going to college because I will be the first one in my family to graduate and for most of us we’re in the similar situation. Our parents are immigrants from other countries and they came here hoping that we would get a better life. That is my why that is the reason why I work extra hard and that is the reason why I try to do the best I
William Martin "Billy" Joel was born May 9th, 1949 in the Bronx of New york. Howard Joel his father was an accomplished pianist, but it was his mother Rosalinda that had Billy start playing the piano at age 4, he immediately excelled, and was an expert by the time he was 16. With his capability Joel decided to drop out of high school to pursue a life a music and success. He released his first album Cold Spring Harbor with Family Productions, but it was arduous and poor quality, he was not happy with the final product. Joel moved to Los Angeles to stay low, hoping for a better shot at a big breakthrough. While in Los Angeles he was a pianist at a couple different bars and was secretly working on song called Captain Jack, that was released
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work,” Booker T. Washington. In my career as a football player, or what few years I've played high school football, I've learned how hard work can pay off. I have also learned my hard work can shape other people and help others become motivated to work harder. When I spend a couple hours a day tearing apart my muscles to become stronger I ask myself why I'm doing it.I play football because it shows me what work can do for you. I'm no admirable scholar that is taking AP classes and dual enrolled, but I work hard to reach my academic goals. For the next five years of my life school is my job and my number one priority. Sometimes I’ll stay up for hours to try and
“We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it’s not easy.” —Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989). You wouldn’t have imagined how this quote could have affected someone’s life. In my case it did, as a child, I had no idea of what I wanted to become in the future. Sometimes I would get frustrated because many children already had an idea of what they wanted to be. But after seeing Kiki’s delivery service I had realized that it was okay for me not to know what I wanted to be as an adult. Since I was still young there was still time for me to find something that would inspire me. Later on I discovered that there was a lot of things that inspired me.
In high school, awards were easy to come by. It was not hard to earn appraisal or get gratification of one's work. When I began my journey at Bevill Staet Community College two years ago, all of the familiarities I was used to faded away and were replaced with the hardship and demanding aspect that is college. On that first day, I was introduced to someone who would then become a major influence in my life at Bevill. It all started with an early morning speech class in which I was essentially a fish out of watre. He strolled into the room with determination on his brow but a look of excitemnt in his eyes. The excitement was later to be discovered as a full fledge desire to share all he knew with us, a mere group of fifteen that had no clue
John Rooke is an optimistic person that he always tries to achieve the best. He won a scholarship when he was studying in The University of Texas at Austin. He was studying major in journalism and he became a news reporter in the university that helped to develop his career. I am so impress that John Rooke never mistrust his ability to work on anything. For example, when he studying in the university, he got a part time job to being a radio host. But he had never suspected himself that he didn’t have the ability to complete all his work at the same time. But he has never tried to escape from the trouble. From his speech, I learn try to be an optimistic person and work extra hard when facing the problem. John Rooke also faced a lot of trouble
Throughout life, one develops their own characteristics that make them who they will be for the rest of their lives. In that interesting life, however, there must be important moments that highlight your personality, and overall make you the crowing person you are today. Whether that moment be life-searingly painful to remember, there are others that are so memorable because they were a time of great jubilation. These are the ones that we usually choose to make our lives encircle. Personally, there are many events that lead me up to becoming the honors student, actor, and “ladies-man” that I am today. When I attended KEY Camp at Casper College the summer of my fifth grade, it taught me three important lessons, which were the power of friendship, intelligence, and confidence.