You will quickly find that true success is measured in how you play the game of life.
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Mike Tomlin
Saint Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008
I had fame and fortune but I was very unhappy. The harder I worked, the more famous I got, the bigger the hole in my heart became.
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Chuck Norris
Liberty University Commencement 2008, 2008
Create your own definition of success. Don't let it be judged or guided by someone else's measurements, by someone else's expectations or limitations.
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Jessica Lange
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2008, 2008
Between chutzpah and humility lies success. The biggest killer of a good mind is to stick it in a fat head.
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Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
Honor your calling. Don't worry about how successful you will be. Focus on how significant you can be in service, and the success will take care of itself.
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Oprah Winfrey
Howard University Commencement 2007, 2007
If you never try, you'll never succeed, and as bad as failure feels, success feels so much better.
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Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement 2004, 2004
It really is better to fail than not to try, because if you never try, you'll never succeed, and as bad as failure feels, success feels so much better.
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Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement, 2004, 2004
Excellence is the antidote to racism, sexism and nepotism. The harder you work, the luckier you become. What is luck? Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
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Yvonne Thornton
Tuskegee University Commencement 2003, 2003
Great success is not built on success. It is built on failure, frustration and sometimes even calamity.
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Sumner Redstone
Kellogg School of Management Commencement, 2002, 2002
The road to success can be much more fun than success itself. Define and enjoy many small successes along the way.
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David Woodle
Penn State University Commencement 2001, 2001
The measure of success is what you think about what you've done. Not the doing well, nor the failure — but what you think about it.
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Mark S. Lewis
University of Texas Commencement 2000, 2000
You don't have to be the biggest — just the best.
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Muriel Siebert
Case Western Reserve University Commencement 1998, 1998