Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers. I have seen powerful love that has changed me forever. It has made me try to walk in other shoes, show more compassion and humility.
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Marian Fontana
Massachusetts School of Law Commencement 2006, 2006
Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers.
speech graduation resilience
Marian Fontana
Massachusetts School of Law Commencement 2006, 2006
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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Steve Jobs
Stanford University Commencement, 2005
Don't be afraid of change. If something is truly not working and you have sincerely done all you can do to make it work, chuck it and start over.
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John Roberts
Niagara University Commencement 2005, 2005
Never ever give up. Don't give up. Don't allow it to happen. If there's a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go over it, go around it, but get to the other side of that wall.
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Donald Trump
Wagner College Commencement 2004, 2004
To live life at its fullest you have to have the chutzpah to accept challenges.
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Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement 2004, 2004
My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you're going to have to stick your neck out.
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Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement, 2004, 2004
Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.
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Bradley Whitford
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement 2004, 2004
Learn to love the process of revision — in your writing and in your life. Don't be afraid of the editing.
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Wally Lamb
Connecticut College Commencement 2003, 2003
Never give up, never, never give up! Because the only person that can stop you is — YOU!
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Yvonne Thornton
Tuskegee University Commencement 2003, 2003
Nobody else is paying as much attention to your failures as you are. You're the only ones who are obsessed with the importance of your own life. To everyone else, it's just a blip on the radar screen.
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Jerry Zucker
University of Wisconsin-Madison 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