Denzel Washington's Speech Will Leave You SPEECHLESS - One of the Most Eye Opening Speeches Ever | M

You have invested a lot in your education and people have invested in you and let me tell you that the world needs your tablets and sometime the world needs a lot and we need it from you, we really need it from you young people. I mean, I'm not speaking for the rest of us up here, but I know I'm getting a little grayer, we needed you young people, because remember this, so you have to go out, you have to give

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never see a u-haul behind a hearse you can't take it with you Egyptians , they tried and they stole everything they got, so the question is what are they going to do with what they have.

I'm not talking about how much they have. Some of you are business specialists, some of you are theologians, nurses, sociologists, some of you. you have money some of you have patients some of you have kindness some of you have loved some of you have the gift of great patience whatever it is whatever your gift is what are you going to do with what you have failed big time that is right to fail The big thing today is the beginning of the rest of your life and it can't be too scary. There's a new world out there.

It's a bad world out there. You only live once, so do what you are passionate about, passionate about, and take professional risks. don't be afraid to fail, there is a no, like if your test was nine points and you had to draw five lines with a pencil inside these nine points without lifting the pencil, the only way to do it was to get out of the box, so do not do it. be afraid to step outside the box don't be afraid to think outside the box don't be afraid to fail big to dream big but remember that dreams without goals are just dreams and ultimately fuel disappointment so be dreams but have goals goals in life annually goals monthly goals daily goals I try to set a goal every day sometimes just to not curse someone for simple goals, but have goals and understand that to achieve these goals you must apply discipline and consistency to achieve your goals you must apply discipline that you have already finished and consistency every day you don't just want x the day and lose some days you have to work on it every day you have to plan every day have you heard the saying we don't plan to fail we fail plan the work hard work working very hard is what successful people do and in this text tweet the twerk turn you've grown up with, remember that just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're doing a lot more, remember that.

Just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're doing a lot more. Don't confuse movement with progress, my mother told me, so yes, yes, because you can run in the same place all the time and never get anywhere, so keep going. strive keep having goals keep progressing I discovered that nothing in life is worth it unless you take risks nothing Nelson Mandela said that you cannot find passion by playing small and settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living Now I'm sure about your experiences in school and applying to college, choosing your major, and deciding what you want to do with life.

I'm sure the people who told you to make sure you have something to fall back on will make sure you have something to fall back on, honey, but I never understood that concept of having something to fall back on if I'm going to fall. I don't want to resort to anything except my faith. I want to fall forward. At least I imagine it this way. I'll see what I'm going to hit as a forward. This is what I mean. Reggie Jackson struck out 26 hundred times in his career, the

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in baseball history, but you don't hear about strikeouts, people remember home runs that fall forward. thomas edison kentuc did a thousand failed experiments as you know I didn't know because the first thousand was the light bulb, everything forward, every failed experiment is one more step towards success, you have to take risks and I'm sure you've probably heard that before, but I want to talk to you about why that's important.

I have three reasons and then you can grab your iPhone first. You will fail at some point in your life, except you will lose it. You will be ashamed. You'll suck at something, there's no doubt about it, and I know that's probably not a traditional message for a graduation ceremony today. I tell you to accept it because it is inevitable and I must know that in the acting business you fail all the time from the beginning. my career I auditioned for a role in a Broadway musical, I thought the perfect role for me except for the fact that I can't sing, I didn't get the job, but this is what I didn't give up, I didn't back down.

I left there to prepare for the next audition and the next audition and the next audition I prayed and prayed and prayed but I kept failing and failing and failing but it didn't matter 'cause you know what there's an old saying that you hang around the barbershop long enough, sooner or later you're going to get a haircut so you're going to take a break and I took a break last year. I did a play called Fences on Broadway, if anyone was talking about it, I won the Tony Award and I didn't do it. By the way, I don't have to sing, but here's the good thing: it was at the Court Theatre, it was at the same theater where I failed that first audition 30 years earlier, the point is and I'll pick up the pace, the point is every graduate here today .

You have the training and talent to succeed, but do you have the guts to fail? Here's my second point about failure. If you don't fail, you're not even trying. I'll say it again. If you're not failing, you're not failing. Even trying, my wife told me this great expression to get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. Les Brown is a motivational speaker, he made an analogy about this, he says imagine you are on your deathbed and around your deathbed are ghosts. representing your unfulfilled potential the ghosts of ideas you never acted on the ghosts of talents you didn't use and they are standing around your bed angry disappointed and upset they say we came to you because you could have given us life they say and now we have to go together to the grave that is why I ask you today how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes not only to take risks but to be open to life to accept new visions and be open to new opinions to be willing to speak from Starting at one of the best universities in the country, even if you are very scared, can be terrifying, it will also be rewarding because the opportunities you take, the people you meet, the people you meet.

Love the faith you have, that is what will define you, never be discouraged, never stop, give it all you have and when you fall throughout life and remember this fall forward, say thank you for the grace, thank you for mercy, thanks for understanding, thanks for wisdom. thank you for parents thank you for love thank you for kindness thank you for humility thank you for peace thank you for prosperity say thank you in advance for what is already yours how I live my life that is where I am one of the reasons I am today say thanks in advance for what is already yours true desire in your heart for something good is God's test for you sit in advance to indicate that it is already yours I will say it again true desire in your heart that itch that you have what be Do you want to do what you want to do to help others grow and make money?

That desire, that itch, that is the test of God. Sit beforehand to indicate that as yours and whatever you want, you can claim it. work hard for it when you get it go back lift someone else each one teach one don't just aspire to make a living aspire to make a difference