Most of this year’s high school class mottos address yesterday’s memories, today’s action and tomorrow’s dreams. Nothing wrong with that. That’s the continuum of life, but, remember young Jedi, all three are not equally important. Spend too much time with yesterday or tomorrow and you will never reach your dreams. Today is the day to secure your future. Seize the day. Work hard. Take the next logical step to the reality you want to create tomorrow. Perhaps, one of these mottos will inspire you.

8) Eastwood: Hakuna Matata
This Swahili phrase from the movie Lion King means no worries for the rest of your days. But, without the opportunity to overcome conflict, challenge, disappointment, mistake and failure we become fat and lazy. Give me the difficult life.    

7) Northwood: Inspiration does not come from the quote itself, but rather from the people behind it.
A personal example can be a powerful motivational force, however, a particular arrangement of words can also trigger a significant emotional response that can change a life, regardless of the author. Words are important, too.

6) Oak Harbor: Together we have experienced life, separately we will pursue our dreams, and forever our memories will remain.
Pursue your dreams with a passion but take a notepad and camera with you. Brain cells die. Some you kill, some shrivel with age. Go digital with an off-site back-up. Memories fade.

5) Woodmore: As long as we have memories, yesterday remains. As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits.
Hope is your Farmville; dreams are your seeds. Plant, work the dirt, harvest your reality.

4) Gibsonburg: Our past holds our accomplishments; our future holds our dreams; today is our day to go forth and succeed.
Don’t dwell too much on your past or your accomplishments. Today is not so much your day to succeed, but rather to work. Work enough days and you will succeed.

3) Lake: Remember yesterday, live for today, dream for tomorrow.
States the same philosophy as most of these mottoes, but does it in eight words. Eliminate two words and you have a great Tweet—Remember yesterday, live today, dream tomorrow.

2) Waite: To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
There’s a hidden secret in this saying. Most young people can act, dream and believe, however, many cannot plan. The plan is the road that gets you to your destination quicker and with the fewer potholes and side trips.

1) Genoa: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Sometimes the old guys know best. This is from Mark Twain. Stop procrastinating. Go. Set sail. Discover life.

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