I found that nothing in life is
00:09
worthwhile unless you take risks
00:13
nothing Nelson Mandela said there is no
00:18
passion to be found playing small and
00:21
settling for a life that's less than the
00:24
one you're capable of living now I'm
00:27
sure in your experiences in school and
00:29
applying to college and picking your
00:31
major and deciding what you want to do
00:33
with life I'm sure people that told you
00:35
to make sure you have something to fall
00:37
back on make sure you've got something
00:38
to fall back on honey but I never
00:41
understood that concept having something
00:44
to fall back on if I'm going to fall I
00:48
don't want to fall back on anything I
00:51
want to fall forward I figure at least
00:54
this way I'll see what I'm going to hit
00:58
without consistency you'll never finish
01:03
so do what you feel passionate about
01:06
passionate about take chances
01:10
don't be afraid to fail there's a no
01:12
like you test was nine dots and you had
01:16
to draw five lines with a pencil within
01:19
these nine dots without lifting the
01:21
pencil the only way to do it was to go
01:24
outside the box don't be afraid to think
01:30
outside the box don't be afraid to fail
01:32
big to dream big but remember dreams
01:40
without goals
01:43
my just dreams Reggie Jackson struck out
01:50
26 hundred times in his career the most
01:52
in the history of baseball but you don't
01:55
hear about the strikeouts people
01:56
remember the homeruns
01:59
fall forward Thomas Edison conducted
02:03
1,000 failed experiments did you know
02:06
that I didn't know that because the
02:09
1,000 and first was the light bulb fall
02:14
forward every failed experiment is one
02:18
step closer to success you've got to
02:22
take risks and I'm sure you probably
02:24
heard that before but I want to talk to
02:26
you about why that's important you will
02:32
fail at some point in your life accept
02:35
it you will lose you will embarrass
02:38
yourself you will suck at something
02:41
there's no doubt about it
02:43
and I know that's probably not a
02:45
traditional message for a graduation
02:46
ceremony today I'm telling you embrace
02:50
it
02:50
because it's inevitable in the acting
02:57
business you fail all the time early on
02:59
in my career I auditioned for a part in
03:02
a Broadway musical perfect role for me I
03:05
thought except for the fact that I can't
03:08
sing I didn't get the job
03:15
but here's the thing I didn't quit I
03:20
didn't fall back I walked out of there
03:25
to prepare for the next audition and the
03:27
next audition and the next audition I
03:29
prayed I prayed and I prayed
03:37
but I continue to fail and fail and fail
03:41
but it didn't matter because you know
03:43
what there's an old saying you hang
03:46
around the barbershop long enough sooner
03:48
or later you're going to get a haircut
03:51
so you will catch a break and I did
03:54
catch a break last year I did a play
03:59
called fences on Broadway but here's the
04:03
kicker he was at the Court Theatre it
04:07
was at the same theatre that I failed at
04:10
first audition 30 years prior
04:14
the point is every graduate here today
04:17
has the training and the talent to
04:20
succeed but do you have the guts to fail
04:25
if you don't fail you're not even trying
04:33
I'll say it again if you don't fail
04:35
you're not even trying to get something
04:39
#inspirationalquotes
#motivation
#positivequotes
#encouragingquotes
#inspirational
#motivationquote
#earnmoneyonline
#howtomakemoneyonline