It is not a disgrace to not reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim, is sin.
speech graduation ambition
Hank Aaron
Marquette University Commencement 2012, 2012
There are absolutely no acceptable shortcuts to success in life. Cheating, for whatever reason and in any field, is wrong and is at best a temporary solution to a greater problem.
speech graduation discipline
Hank Aaron
Marquette University Commencement 2012, 2012
The true test of a human being's character is how he treats people in his life that he cannot use.
speech graduation empathy
Lee Corso
Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012
Never prostitute your integrity to get a job or to keep one.
speech graduation integrity
Lee Corso
Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.
speech graduation resilience
Lee Corso
Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012
It's not whether your attitude is good or bad, but does it define your direction? People usually fall short because they're a degree or two off in attitude, and over time and distance, that can put you in a place far away from where you would like to be.
speech graduation discipline
Jim Steen
Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011
All work and no imagination will most definitely make you an under-performer. Do you have the imagination to see yourself doing something truly exceptional?
speech graduation creativity
Jim Steen
Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011
In any given moment, one lives one's life in one of two ways: either under a threat or for a challenge. If imagination will take you everywhere, then living under a threat will take you nowhere.
speech graduation courage
Jim Steen
Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011
It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
speech graduation resilience
Chris Waddell
Middlebury College Commencement 2011, 2011
Adversity is an opportunity. Adversity will make you stronger. Adversity will mold you into the person that you're meant to be.
speech graduation resilience
Drew Brees
Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010
In everything you do in life, leave your mark. Be a great steward of the community and to society, and understand that part of your purpose in life is to leave whatever you touch better than when you found it.
speech graduation legacy
Drew Brees
Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010
Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010