To live life at its fullest you have to have the chutzpah to accept challenges.
speech graduation courage
Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement 2004, 2004
If you never try, you'll never succeed, and as bad as failure feels, success feels so much better.
speech graduation failure
Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement 2004, 2004
The biggest mistake you can make is to be complacent and think that you have lots of extra time on your hands. You might, but you also might not.
speech graduation mortality
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.
speech graduation courage
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.
speech graduation failure
Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement, 2004, 2004