Oprah Inspires Stanford Grads With Her Signature Inspiration
Posted By susanharrow on June 28, 2008
My niece graduated from Stanford last Sunday along with 24,000 people gathered at Stanford Stadium. My parents and her parents found Oprah inspirational and meaningful for them. She quoted one of my favorite heros Dr. Martin Luther King. She said,
“So, Dr. King said, ‘Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.’ Those of you who are history scholars may know the rest of that passage. He said, ‘You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato or Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.’”
Can’t wait to hear how you’re serving.
You can read the entire Stanford Commencement address here:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html
or watch it here:
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