Hold fast to your dreams, for when dreams die, life is like a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
speech graduation perseverance
Hank Aaron
Marquette University Commencement 2012, 2012
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