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- How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- Life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward, you have to give back.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
- The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
- The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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