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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

The true test of a human being's character is how he treats people in his life that he cannot use.
speech graduation empathy

Lee Corso

Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012

Never prostitute your integrity to get a job or to keep one.
speech graduation integrity

Lee Corso

Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.
speech graduation resilience

Lee Corso

Florida State University Commencement 2012, 2012

It's not whether your attitude is good or bad, but does it define your direction? People usually fall short because they're a degree or two off in attitude, and over time and distance, that can put you in a place far away from where you would like to be.
speech graduation discipline

Jim Steen

Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011

All work and no imagination will most definitely make you an under-performer. Do you have the imagination to see yourself doing something truly exceptional?
speech graduation creativity

Jim Steen

Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011

In any given moment, one lives one's life in one of two ways: either under a threat or for a challenge. If imagination will take you everywhere, then living under a threat will take you nowhere.
speech graduation courage

Jim Steen

Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011

It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
speech graduation resilience

Chris Waddell

Middlebury College Commencement 2011, 2011

Adversity is an opportunity. Adversity will make you stronger. Adversity will mold you into the person that you're meant to be.
speech graduation resilience

Drew Brees

Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010

In everything you do in life, leave your mark. Be a great steward of the community and to society, and understand that part of your purpose in life is to leave whatever you touch better than when you found it.
speech graduation legacy

Drew Brees

Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010

Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition

Roger Goodell

UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010