Inspirations for Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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This month, all manner of graduation speeches will be shared, from the short and to the point, to the long and sometimes boring.  Please listen above to "Ready for Takeoff," the 5 minute signature speech that helped to launch a speaking career.

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I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, Writer and Poet

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Stand up for what's right, in small matters and large ones, and always do what you promise.

Reuben Mark

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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

Hermann Hesse Siddhartha

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