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Oh my goodness!I'm at Harvard!Wow!To President Faust,my fellow honorands,Carl that was so beautiful,thank you so much,and James Rothenberg, Stephanie Wilson,Harvard faculty with a special bow to my friend Dr.Henry Lewis Gates.

All of you alumni with a special bow to the class of'88,your hundred fifteen million dollars.

And to you,members of the Harvard class of2013!Hello!

I thank you for allowing me to be a part of the conclusion of this chapter of your lives and the commencement of your next chapter.To say that I'm honored doesn't even begin to quantify the depth of gratitude that really accompanies an honorary doctorate from Harvard.Not too many little girls from rural Mississippi have made it all the way here to Cambridge.And I can tell you that I consider today as I sat on the stage this morning getting teary for you all and then teary for myself,I consider today a defining milestone in a very long and a blessed journey.My one hope today is that I can be a source of some inspiration.I'm going to address my remarks to anybody who has ever felt inferior or felt disadvantaged,felt screwed by life,this is a speech for the quad.

Actually I was so honored I wanted to do something really special for you.I wanted to be able to have you look under your seats and there would be free master and doctor degrees but I see you got that covered already.I will be honest with you.I felt a lot of pressure over the past few weeks to come up with something that I could share with you that you hadn't heard before because after all you all went to Harvard, I did not.But then I realized that you don't have to necessarily go to Harvard to have a driven obsessive Type A personality.But it helps.And while I may not have graduated from here I admit that my personality is about as Harvard as they come.You know my television career began unexpectedly.As you heard this morning I was in the Miss Fire Prevention contest.That was when I was16years old in Nashville,Tennessee and you had the requirement of having to have red hair in order to win up until the year that I entered.So they were doing the question and answer period because I knew I wasn't going to win under the swimsuit competition.So during the question and answer period the question came"Why,young lady,what would you like to be when you grow up?"And by the time they got to me all the good answers were gone.So I had seen Barbara Walters on the Today Show that morning so I answered"I would like to be a journalist.I would like to tell other people's stories in a way that makes a difference in their lives and the world."And as those words were coming out of my mouth I went whoa!This is pretty good!I would like to be a journalist.I want to make a difference.Well I was on television by the time I was19years old.And in 1986I launched my own television show with a relentless determination to succeed at first.I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year,pushing,pushing,pushing myself as hard as I knew.Sound familiar to anybody here?Eventually we did make it to the top and we stayed there for25years.

The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one in our time slot for21years and I have to tell you I became pretty comfortable with that level of success.But a few years ago I decided as you will at some point,that it was time to recalculate,find new territory,break new ground.So I ended the show and launched OWN,the Oprah Winfrey Network.The initials just worked out for me.So one year later after launching OWN nearly every media outlet had proclaimed that my new venture was a flop.Not just a flop but a big bold flop they call it.I can still remember the day I opened up USA Today and read the headline"Oprah,not quite standing on her OWN."I mean really,USA Today?Now that's the nice newspaper!It really was this time last year the worst period in my professional life.I was stressed and I was frustrated and quite frankly I was actually I was embarrassed.It was right around that time that President Faust called and asked me to speak here and I thought you want me to speak to Harvard graduates?What could I possibly say to Harvard graduates, some of the most successful graduates in the world in the very moment when I had stopped succeeding?So I got off the phone with President Faust and I went to the shower.It was either that or a bag of Oreos.So I chose the shower.And I was in the shower a long time and as I was in the shower the words of an old hymn came to me. You may not know it.It's"By and by,when the morning comes."And I started thinking about when the morning might come because at the time I thought I was stuck in a hole.And the words came to me"Trouble don't last always"from that hymn, "this too shall pass."And I thought as I got out of the shower I am going to turn this thing around and I will be better for it.And when I do,I'm going to go to Harvard and I'm going to speak the truth of it!So I'm here today to tell you I have turned that network around!

And it was all because I wanted to do it by the time I got to speak to you all so thank you so much.You don't know what motivation you were for me,thank you.I'm even prouder to share a fundamental truth that you might not have learned even as graduates of Harvard unless you studied the ancient Greek hero with Professor Nagy. Professor Nagy as we were coming in this morning said"Please Ms.Winfrey,walk decisively."

I shall walk decisively.This is what I want to share.It doesn't matter how far you might rise.At some point you are bound to stumble because if you're constantly doing what we do,raising the bar.If you're constantly pushing yourself higher,higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall.And when you do I want you to know this,remember this:there is no such thing as failure.Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.Now when you're down there in the hole,it looks like failure.So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.And when you're down in the hole,when that moment comes,it's really okay to feel bad for a little while.Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost but then here's the key,learn from every mistake because every experience,encounter,and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.And then figure out what is the next right move. And the key to life is to develop an internal moral emotional G.P.S.that can tell you which way to go.Because now and forever more when you Google yourself your

search results will read"Harvard,2013".And in a very competitive world that really is a calling card because I can tell you as one who employs a lot of people when I see "Harvard"I sit up a little straighter and say"Where is he or she?Bring them in."it's an impressive calling card that can lead to even more impressive bullets in the years ahead:lawyer,senator,C.E.O.,scientist,physicist,winners of Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes or late night talk show host.But the challenge of life I have found is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be but it's a story about who you want to be.It's a resume that doesn't just tell a story about what you want to accomplish but why.A story that's not just a collection of titles and positions but a story that's really about your purpose.Because when you inevitably stumble and find yourself stuck in a hole that is the story that will get you out.What is your true calling? What is your dharma?What is your purpose?For me that discovery came in1994 when I interviewed a little girl who had decided to collect pocket change in order to help other people in need.She raised a thousand dollars all by herself and I thought well if that little9year old girl with a bucket and big heart could do that I wonder what I could do?So I asked for our viewers to take up their own change collection and in one month just from pennies and nickels and dimes we raised more than three million dollars that we used to send one student from every state in the United States to college.That was the beginning of the Angel Network.

And so what I did was I simply asked our viewers"Do what you can wherever you are,from wherever you sit in life.Give me your time or your talent your money if you have it."And they did.Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can.And together we built55schools in12different countries and restored nearly300homes that were devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.So the Angel Network I have been on the air for a long time,but it was the Angel Network that actually focused my internal G.P.S.It helped me to decide that I wasn't going to just be on TV every day but that the goal of my shows,my interviews,my business, my philanthropy all of it,whatever ventures I might pursue would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.Because what had become clear to me and I want you to know it isn't always clear in the beginning because as I said I had been on television since I was19years old.But around'94I got really clear.So don't expect the clarity to come all at once to know your purpose right away,but what became clear to me was that I was here on earth to use television and not be used by it;to use television to illuminate the transcendent power of our better angels.So this Angel Network,it didn't just change the lives of those who were helped,but the lives of those who also did the helping.It reminded us that no matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe it is both possible and more importantly it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.I saw something on the Bill Moore Show recently that so reminded me of this point.It was an interview with David and Francine Wheeler.They lost their7year old son,Ben in the Sandy Hook tragedy.And even though gun safety legislation to strengthen background checks had just been voted down in Congress at the time that they were doing this interview they talked about how they refused to be discouraged.Francine said this,she said"Our

hearts are broken but our spirits are not.I'm going to tell them what it's like to find a conversation about change that is love,and I'm going to do that without fighting them."And then her husband David added this,"You simply cannot demonize or vilify someone who doesn't agree with you,because the minute you do that,your discussion is over.And we cannot do that any longer.The problem is too enormous. There has to be some way that this darkness can be banished with light."In our political system and in the media we often see the reflection of a country that is polarized,that is paralyzed and is self-interested.And yet,I know you know the truth. We all know that we are better than the cynicism and the pessimism that is regurgitated throughout Washington and the24-hour cable news cycle.Not my channel,by the way.We understand that the vast majority of people in this country believe in stronger background checks because they realize that we can uphold the Second Amendment and also reduce the violence that is robbing us of our children. They don't have to be incompatible.

And we understand that most Americans believe in a clear path to citizenship for the12,000,000undocumented immigrants who reside in this country because it's possible to both enforce our laws and at the same time embrace the words on the Statue of Liberty that have welcomed generations of huddled masses to our shores. We can do both.

And we understand.I know you do because you went to Harvard.There are people from both parties and no party believe that indigent mothers and families should have access to healthy food and a roof over their heads and a strong public education because here in the richest nation on earth we can afford a basic level of security and opportunity.So the question is what are we going to do about it?Really what are you going to do about it?Maybe you agree with these beliefs.Maybe you don't.Maybe you care about these issues and maybe there are other challenges that you,class of2013,are passionate about.Maybe you want to make a difference by serving in government.Maybe you want to launch your own television show.Or maybe you simply want to collect some change.Your parents would appreciate that about now.The point is your generation is charged with this task of breaking through what the body politic has thus far made impervious to change.Each of you has been blessed with this enormous opportunity of attending this prestigious school.You now have a chance to better your life,the lives of your neighbors and also the life of our country.When you do that let me tell you what I know for sure.That's when your story gets really good.Maya Angelou always says"When you learn,teach.When you get,give.That my friends is what gives your story purpose and meaning."So you all have the power in your own way to develop your own Angel Network and in doing so your class will be armed with more tools of influence and empowerment than any other generation in history.I did it in an analog world.I was blessed with a platform that at its height reached nearly20,000,000viewers a day.Now here in a world of Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and Tumbler,you can reach billions in just seconds.You're the generation that rejected predictions about your detachment and your disengagement by showing up to vote in record numbers in2008.And when the pundits said they said they talked about you,they said you'd be too disappointed,

you'd be too dejected to repeat that same kind of turnout in2012election and you proved them wrong by showing up in even greater numbers.That's who you are.

This generation your generation I know has developed a finely honed radar for B.S.Can you say"B.S."at Harvard?The spin and phoniness and artificial nastiness that saturates so much of our national debate.I know you all understand better than most that real progress requires authentic-an authentic way of being,honesty,and above all empathy.I have to say that the single most important lesson I learned in25 years talking every single day to people was that there is a common denominator in our human experience.Most of us I tell you we don't want to be divided.What we want,the common denominator that I found in every single interview,is we want to be validated.We want to be understood.I have done over35,000interviews in my career and as soon as that camera shuts off everyone always turns to me and inevitably in their own way asks this question"Was that okay?"I heard it from President Bush,I heard it from President Obama.I've heard it from heroes and from housewives.I've heard it from victims and perpetrators of crimes.I even heard it from Beyonce and all of her Beyonceness.She finishes performing,hands me the microphone and says"Was that okay?"Friends and family,yours,enemies,strangers in every argument in every encounter,every exchange I will tell you they all want to know one thing:was that okay?Did you hear me?Do you see me?Did what I say mean anything to you?And even though this is a college where Facebook was born my hope is that you would try to go out and have more face-to-face conversations with people you may disagree with.

That you'll have the courage to look them in the eye and hear their point of view and help make sure that the speed and distance and anonymity of our world doesn't cause us to lose our ability to stand in somebody else's shoes and recognize all that we share as a people.This is imperative for you as an individual and for our success as a nation."There has to be some way that this darkness can be banished with light,"says the man whose little boy was massacred on just an ordinary Friday in December.So whether you call it soul or spirit or higher self,intelligence,there is I know this,there is a light inside each of you all of us that illuminates your very human beingness if you let it.And as a young girl from rural Mississippi I learned long ago that being myself was much easier than pretending to be Barbara Walters.Although when I first started because I had Barbara in my head I would try to sit like Barbara,talk like Barbara,move like Barbara and then one night I was on the news reading the news and I called Canada Can-a-da,and that was the end of me being Barbara.I cracked myself up on TV.Couldn't stop laughing and my real personality came through and I figured out oh gee,I can be a much better Oprah than I could be a pretend Barbara.

I know that you all might have a little anxiety now and hesitation about leaving the comfort of college and putting those Harvard credentials to the test.But no matter what challenges or setbacks or disappointments you may encounter along the way you will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal,there really is only one and that is this:to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being.You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you.Theologian Howard Thurman said it best.He

said"Don't ask yourself what the world needs.Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive."The world needs-

People like Michael Stolzenberg from Fort Lauderdale.When Michael was just8 years old Michael nearly died from a bacterial infection that cost him both of his hands and both of his feet.And in an instant this vibrant little boy became a quadruple amputee and his life was changed forever.But in losing who he once was Michael discovered who he wanted to be.He refused to sit in that wheelchair all day and feel sorry for himself so with prosthetics he learned to walk and run and play again.He joined his middle school lacrosse team and last month when he learned that so many victims of the Boston Marathon bombing would become new amputees Michael decided to banish that darkness with light.Michael and his brother Harris created https://www.wendangku.net/doc/ea9355318.html, to raise1,000,000dollars for other amputees.By the time Harris runs the2014Boston Marathon.More than1,000miles away from here these two young brothers are bringing people together to support this Boston community the way their community came together to support Michael.And when this13year old man was asked about his fellow amputees he said this"First they will be sad.They're losing something they will never get back and that's scary.I was scared.But they'll be okay. They just don't know that yet."We might not always know it.We might not always see it,or hear it on the news or even feel it in our daily lives but I have faith that no matter what class of2013you will be okay and you will make sure our country is okay.I have faith because of that9year old girl who went out and collected the change.I have faith because of David and Francine Wheeler,I have faith because of Michael and Harris Stolzenberg and I have faith because of you,the network of angeles sitting here today.One of them Kadija Williams who came to Harvard four years ago.Kadija had attended12schools in12years living out of garbage bags amongst pimps and prostitutes and drug dealers,homeless,going in to department stores,Wal-Mart in the morning to bathe herself so that she wouldn't smell in front of her classmates and today she graduates as a member of the Harvard class of2013.

From time to time you may stumble fall,you will for sure count in this no doubt, you will have questions and you will have doubts about your path but I know this,if you're willing to listen to be guided by that still small voice that is the G.P.S.within yourself,to find out what makes you come alive you will be more than okay.You will be happy,you will be successful,and you will make a difference in the world. Congratulations class of2013,congratulations to your family and friends,good luck and thank you for listening.Was that okay?

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Ｏprah Ｗinfrey奥普拉·温弗瑞英语励志名言：没 有奋斗就没有力量 奥普拉·温弗瑞，作为一名黑人，她是当今世界上最具影响力的妇女之一，她的成就是多方面的：通过控股哈普娱乐集团的股份，掌握了超过10亿美元的个人财富；主持的电视谈话节目“奥普拉脱口秀”，均匀每周吸引3300万名观众，并连续16年排在同类节目的首位。在播出了23年之后，脱口秀女王奥普拉·温弗瑞的节目《奥普拉脱口秀》于20XX年9月9日结束。 ⑴Ｄoing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment。这一刻尽量做，下一刻容易做。 ⑵Ｂe thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more。Ｉf you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough。对于你所拥有的，要心存感激，这样你就会拥有更多。对于你所没有的，假如不停强调，你永远都不会满足。 ⑶Ｄoing the best at this moment puts in the best place for the next moment。这一刻全力以赴，下一刻成就最佳。 ⑷Ｉ do not believe in failure。Ｉt is not failure if you enjoyed the process。我从不相信失败。假如能享受过程，就没什么失败可言。 ⑸Ｌuck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity。幸运，其实就是准备遇到了时机。

JK罗琳哈佛演讲

President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates, 福斯特主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员，各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们：The first thing I would like to say is "thank you." Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindors' reunion. 首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的格兰芬多。Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard. 发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness Mary Warnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师（gay有快乐和同性恋的意思）。You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals - the first step to self-improvement. honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindors' reunion. 首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的格兰芬多（沪江小编：以防有人没看过《哈利波特》……格兰芬多是小哈利所在的魔法学院的名字）聚会上。 Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard. 发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness Mary Warnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师（gay有快乐和同性恋的意思）。You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals - the first step to self-improvement.

Faust毕业典礼致辞哈佛大学校长Drew

Faust毕业典礼致辞哈佛大学校长Drew 哈佛大学Drew Faust：最好的教育即培养精神习惯Faust于Memorial Church向身着方帽长袍的毕业生发表了一年一度的毕业班告别讲话。一年一度的毕业仪式在毕业典礼之前举行，包括祈祷、唱诗及校长为毕业班进行的告别演讲。 “牢记正是通艺教育为各位应对变革做好了准备，”Faust说。“更新我们的承诺并重新规划人生的机会是一项仅供少数几代人拥有的特权。而现时它不是一种可能，而是一种必要。” 这一几乎与哈佛大学同样古老的仪式可以追溯到1642年。当年的举行的第一次仪式使哈佛的工作人员及神职人员有机会在更安格按照流程进行的毕业典礼之前向毕业生发表讲话。 这一仪式由基督教道德Plummer 讲席教授及Memorial Church蒲塞牧师Rev. Peter J. Gomes主持，主要以儒学、伊斯兰教、印度教、犹太教及基督教读物为特色。 Faust的讲话是仪式的中心亮点。 她称哈佛大学强调通艺教育正是为了这样的危机时刻设计的。 第一，不管今后学习、生活在何方，都要志存高远，做个对社会负责、对家庭负责、对自己负责的人。我们所有的

学生都要懂得，只要你们不懈地努力，美好的明天属于你们每一位同学。 “我们一直坚持最好的教育即培养精神习惯，一种分析的精神、一种评判及探究的能力，这能使你们胜任于任何环境或者选择任何职业方向，”Faust说。“这一理念怎能比现在这一时刻更为适合?” Faust号召毕业生勇往直前应对挑战，指出尽管我们不喜欢不确定性，但是不确定的时代为个人成长及职业生涯成长都提供了机会。她引用了作家Joan Didion的话将应对生活形容为“严苛与安逸、束缚与自由、理智及直觉充满魔力的交汇处。”她也引用爵士音乐大师Charlie Parker的话，“掌控你的乐器、掌控音乐，之后忘情演奏。” Faust指出，不确定性和应对对于要求准确性的领域如物理学和药学也是十分重要的。而在人文领域，应对是基于结构和研究的自然产生的表达。 Faust以回忆她的在1968年的毕业典礼作为演讲的结束。20世纪60年代末和70年代初的学生毕业于社会巨大变革成为可能性的时代。她指出，曾经失去许诺现今已经回归，并号召毕业生抓住属于他们的机遇。 “继续掌控你的乐器。继续掌控你的音乐。”Faust说。“不时回到学校让我们知道你进展如何。我相信在完成这项任务上没有任何一群人能比你们更值得我信任。”