Never give up and never be afraid of failure. No matter how successful you get, no matter how old you get, you always have to be hungry for more. You always have to be hungry for learning new things, because you never learn enough.
My father-in-law Sergeant Shriver, who started during the Kennedy Administration and Johnson Administration, gave a speech at the Yale University, and he said it very clearly when he said to the students, ‘Tear down that mirror. Tear down that mirror that makes you always look at yourself. Tear down that mirror and you will be able to look beyond and you will see the millions and millions of people that need your help.’
Helping others and looking beyond that mirror is my measure of greatness today. That’s what makes me feel good about myself, and I can tell you today I’d rather go to an after-school programme and help a little girl and play chess with her than going down another red-carpet at a movie premiere.
You should be hungry to make your mark, and you should be hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect out there but as you move on and become successful make sure to also stay hungry for helping others and looking beyond that mirror. Start with simple things, like coaching a school soccer team, or helping a child learn to read, or deliver meals to someone who is homebound.
(Excerpts from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Graduation Speech at Emory University in 2010.)
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