Quote of the Week

4/15/2013

“Fair isn’t everybody getting the same thing; fair is everybody getting what he or she needs in order to be successful.” -Unknown

Add your comment below. Be sure to share what you think the meaning of this quote is as well as how you can apply it to your own life! You need to have at least 4 sentences! Your response is due by 3:30 on Friday, April 19th.

31 Comments

Connor

4/15/2013 11:16:01 pm

If you don't need something then you can't call it unfair if you don't get it. THe essential things is what you really need.

mccultre

4/15/2013 11:22:14 pm

all because you u aren't getting something you want doesn't mean its not fair. It's just life. This helps you in life by telling you that you can't get anything you want and it's still fair. always remember life isn't fair.

byrneisa

4/15/2013 11:23:04 pm

Everybody wants something. people want this and that but it isnt about what you want focus on the things that you need. You control yourself not your motives. say a little spoiled brat boy wants a puppy and a homeless guy wants foood. would you give the food to the homeless guy or the puppy to the spoiled brat kid.???????????? think about it//

groomgar

4/15/2013 11:23:39 pm

That sounds like a fair quote. I think that this that this quote is true, because if everybody got what they want nobody we need anything. Therfore they would have no reason to try at anything, because they can have anything they want.

I think it means that wanting something is a reason to try and if they had it they wouldn't need to try.

To my own life- you shouldn't ask for everything you should work for it.

gillityl

4/15/2013 11:24:39 pm

If you really dont need something don't get it.......Like if i were to get a pack of gum you don't need it to live...... But you need like flour to cook your meals....... And you don't need a WII OR T.V. you can go outside for a walk to get more sun........ The key thing here is that you.... well need to get only the things you need not that you wan't.......

cstenner795

4/15/2013 11:25:27 pm

If everyone got what they wanted, then life would be to easy. You can't just get everything you want because you want it.

I could apply this to my own life by helping people how need things. I could also be less greedy and not want to get everything I want.

ngroom951

4/15/2013 11:25:49 pm

You don't need the same things as everyone else you just need the things that will benefit you in life. Life isn't fair, so just take life as it comes. You don't need the same things as everyone else to be successful. Don't let other people tell you what you need to be successful and what you don't need to be successful, figure out what you to be successful by yourself.

folbrbra

4/15/2013 11:27:37 pm

You dont need the same things as someone else. You need what you need.

Siena

4/15/2013 11:27:56 pm

You dont need everything that somebody else has. You only need the things that help you. Life isn't fair so take what will need. Everything that people have won't make you successful. Don't think that everyone else needs to have the same things as you.
I don't need everything that i wan't.

And also Siena is cooler than Nellie!:)

jbird958

4/15/2013 11:28:49 pm

It means that that one person doesn't need the same thing as the other. Some people want and need different stuff than the other person. A homeless guy is probably going to want food or water. But, the spoiled little bratt is going to want a toy.

marfipat

4/15/2013 11:29:05 pm

Something that is not important to you, you don't need. Don't think it's unfair just because you don't have it. Use what you have as resources to be successful and fair.

I think what is fair is what everyone has in their life. I'm ok with what is fair in my life.

wieleave

4/15/2013 11:29:14 pm

if somebody has somthing that you do not but they dont need it its not unfair. as long as you have everything you need its fair because it is very very fair.

mullilyd

4/15/2013 11:29:53 pm

Some people work harder to earn stuff more than other people do. Some people want to do things that other people do not, so everyone should not get the same thing.
Someone could work forever to get something they want. But everyone getting the same thing would mean that the other people didnt have to work for it. Not everything is fair.

folbrbra

4/15/2013 11:31:37 pm

When i wont something someone else has i dont need it. I might need something else.

marfipat

4/15/2013 11:31:37 pm

cool sentences everyone

aslesmol

4/15/2013 11:31:51 pm

I think it means that you shouldn't complain about not getting something when someone else does. They may need it more or deserve it more. I can apply to my life by telling my brother not to yell at me when I get the t.v. Life isn't fair so people need to suck it up.

zimmedre

4/15/2013 11:36:45 pm

It means if someone really needs something and someone just wants it, then the person that really needs it should get it. If there is one left of something(like food) and there is a rich guy and a poor guy. The rich person should give the poor the last of it. He would be doing the right thing. Everybody should do this.

hromojac

4/15/2013 11:37:09 pm

if you want something you do not need it so if you get what you want do not take advantage of it. you don't need it. good luck getting though with your life because you may be selfish

nlund145

4/15/2013 11:37:17 pm

Being fair is people all getting the items that they need instead of people getting items that they don't need.Not everyone can get the same thing and still think that it is fair. We should all just be grateful for what we get. Just our needs can help us be successful.

aoswald

4/15/2013 11:37:36 pm

When you want something you don't really need it, but when you need something you can use it. It can be useful in life, and you can use stuff you need. Wanting and needing something are 2 different things. needed is a lot better then wanting something/

krachday

4/16/2013 05:05:11 am

Only get the things that you need to be successful.
How it applies to my life: Only get things that will help me succeed in my life!

krachday

4/16/2013 05:15:41 am

CONTINUED:
Life isn't fair. You need to go with what you get. I hope this applies to what the quote is!

nagelbro

4/16/2013 05:08:47 am

everbody dont get what they want in live but they get what they need to live. people should give you the things in life. how it is in my life is like some people get more than you but you dont need to get it, just because somebody else got something you dont get.

nagelbro

4/16/2013 05:14:27 am

life isnt fair, you dont need what everybody else gets because you can sucessed without what they have in life.

hhacket

4/16/2013 05:10:19 am

When you want sompthing than you go out and get it yourself.
What you wont is not what you need. You need to work and save up money and than you can get what you wont. When you wont sompthing than you need to get work or help and get alowens and then you can get what u need / wont.Get sompthing you can use and you will use it you do not need everything.

bakaisab

4/16/2013 05:12:16 am

If you want something it doesn't mean that your going to get it even if someone else has it you will need to work for it. Life isn't fair it isn't fair to anyone so no one should be complaining. You shouldn't whine until you get something because that won't work. Getting what you need in life is different you still need to work for it but it will probably be a little easier to get. Life isn't fair and I'm pretty sure no one said it was. So people need to suck it up and deal with what they have and not whine.

stickmia

4/16/2013 05:13:07 am

When your sister brother gets something and you don't, well you didn't neeed they did. When you say something isn't fair thats what you think not what other people think. They needed it you didn't.

it compares to my life because i have a brother and a sister they get things when i dont and i get things and they don't i say its un fair but i didn't need what they got.

rushjeri

4/16/2013 05:14:03 am

Thought- If things were always "fair" then everything would be too easy. Not everyone can agree on things being fair, so if you get the things YOU need instead of what other poeple then it will be fair to yourself, and that's all that should matter.
If everyone had the same things because something wasn't fair then nobody would be unique and have their own opinions on things. Everybody would be the same, which isn't how life works.

lechnhal

4/16/2013 05:18:28 am

not everything is fair you get what you need , not what you want. you need a pencil, that is a need to succeed . A bracelet you want it you don't really need it.

lomenzac

4/16/2013 05:20:16 am

like for school you do not need the coolest stuff. You just need the stuff that works.If there is something you want put not need it why bought it.Just because someone has something does not mean you need it.

Jason

4/16/2013 05:22:21 am

Pepole should not have the same stuff. Hard work is good for you.

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