You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing the things that will make you great. You cannot succeed without the risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism. You cannot love without the risk of loss. You must take these risks.
speech graduation courage
Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014
I have always had a half-baked philosophy that having a plan B can muddy up your plan A.
speech graduation courage
Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014
Don't do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great. Do what's uncomfortable and scary and hard but pays off in the long run. Be willing to fail. Let yourself fail. Fail in the way and the place where you would be proud to fail.
speech graduation failure
Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014