Heaven R. Hess Mr. Kloiber English 9 Honors 4 April 2013 March Challenge Essay “Greatness lies not in being strong‚ but in the right using of strength….” This quote by Henry Ward Beecher means that in order to be great‚ you do not need to be powerful; you just need to know how to use your power appropriately. I agree with this quote because most people that are great are not the strongest. Instead they use what they have to become great. The quote can be seen in The Color Purple by
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Winston Churchill. For a leader to be followed they must lead. One of my favorite quotes about leadership is “A leader without followers is a man taking a walk” (Unknown). This uncredited quote is highly propagated and gets to the heart of leadership. Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice once from 1940 to 1945 and then again from 1951 to 1955. He widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century; Churchill was also
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Background Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one of the greatest leaders of all time. He was born in 1874 and he lived in the UK. He was a Prime Minister‚ but he also had a passion of writing‚ so he was a writer as well. The leader known as Winston Churchill stood by himself when all the other countries were being taken over by Nazi Germany‚ him and the British army and prevailed. Winston Churchill was an outstanding leader because of his great characteristics and traits that allowed him
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There is a large amount of evidence to support the idea that the broadcast spoken by Churchill in May 1945 damaged the conservative party‚ and very few pieces of evidence against. Source C uses the conservative broadcast of May 1945 to imply that Churchill was a deceiver though the word ‘travesty’ which is to falsely represent‚ in this case the labour party and their policies. This would damage the conservative party as portraying the leader as a deceitful being could cause resentment from the public
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Winston Churchill was a famous historian and very powerful world leader during two World Wars. As a child Churchill was not very good in school. Infact‚ after two failed attempts‚ he finally was accepted to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst (“Foster”). After college he had several military assignments overseas. He then entered into politics. To truly understand Winston Churchill‚ one must understand how his military and political life influenced him as a man and his writings. Winston Leonard
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is where the famous battle of Gallipoli happened now known as ANZAC cove because of the horrific losses of the Australian forces in a so seemed futile and pointless battle. This essay highlights why the Gallipoli campaign was a failure. Winston Churchill was the head of navy and Lord Kitchener‚ was the general commander of the war effort‚ who persuaded the attempt on the attack on the Dardanelles strait‚ a narrow stretched of water that linked the Aegean and Marmara Sea. In 1915‚ casualties’ rate
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Thea De Leon Winston Churchill versus Henry V Henry V was the King of England‚ who waged war in order to take control of France; where as Winston Churchill was the prime minister of the UK during the Nazi raid in Europe of World War II. Both were very effective with persuasion in the form of language as most apparent in their speeches: Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears and Sweat and Henry ’s speech in Act III. Henry ’s battle of Harfleur speech shared many similarities to Churchill ’s first speech as a prime
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etc. Sometimes I will ask her about my painting‚ "What should I do next? " and she replied‚ "If I tell you the next step‚ that will be my painting‚ you have to create your own world on your papers." This sentence affected me very deeply. Henry Ward Beecher said‚ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul‚ and paints his own nature into his pictures.” That’s exactly truth. Artists paintings always express their mood in their works; I also express my feeling into my painting. For me painting
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being complete or undivided‚ purity. Integrity is a powerful and uncommon trait according to today’s standards. One may be defined and known by his or her integrity. “A man is rich or poor according to what he is‚ not according to what he has” Henry Ward Beecher. In the real world today‚ certain levels of integrity are expected in different places. For example‚ where we find the influence of evil‚ we find a lack of integrity. Important issues include: what the Bible has to say about integrity‚ viewing
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thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent‚ tolerance; to a friend‚ your heart; to your child‚ a good example; to a father‚ deference; to your mother‚ conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself‚ respect; to all men.” – Henry Ward Beecher “Deference is the most complicate‚ the most indirect‚ and the most elegant of all compliments.” – William Shenstone “For nowadays deference gets you friends‚ honesty gets you hated” – Terence “Great men always pay deference to greater
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