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0:02Strength,
0:04leadership,
0:07power,
0:08authority,
0:11guidance,
0:13patience,
0:15are God's gift to us
0:18as men.
0:21We have to cherish that,
0:22>> [music]
0:23>> not abuse it.
0:26I
0:27prayed this morning to be a better
0:29listener.
0:32Didn't work so well.
0:33>> [laughter]
0:34>> It's we're human.
0:36You get back up.
0:38Yes, I've been high up on the mountain.
0:41I've been blessed.
0:45But that's a slippery slope.
0:46>> Yeah.
0:47>> And it's lonely up there.
0:48>> Yeah.
0:50>> You know, people don't know that side.
0:52We did not come this far to just break
0:54down and lose now.
0:56I'm a winner.
0:58I'm going to win.
1:00>> [music]
1:01>> True desire in the heart, that itch that
1:03you have, whatever it is you want to do,
1:06that thing that you want to do to help
1:07others and to to grow [music] and to
1:09make money,
1:10that desire, that itch, that's God's
1:12proof to you
1:14set beforehand already to indicate that
1:16it's yours.
1:18Aspire to make a difference.
1:23>> [music]
1:24>> See, you are what you are in this world
1:26as one of one of two things.
1:29Either you're somebody
1:31>> [music]
1:32>> or you're nobody.
1:35>> Never give up.
1:38Without commitment,
1:40you'll never start, but more
1:42importantly, without consistency,
1:44[music]
1:45you'll never finish.
1:47It's not easy.
1:49If it were easy, [music] there'd be no
1:50Denzel Washington. So,
1:54keep working,
1:56keep striving, never give up, fall down
1:58seven times, [music] get up eight. Ease
2:00is a greater threat to progress than
2:02hardship. So,
2:03>> [music]
2:04>> keep moving, keep growing, keep
2:05learning.
2:07See you at work.
2:15While it may be frightening, it will
2:17also be rewarding.
2:20So, you got to get out there.
2:22You got to give it everything you got,
2:23whether it's your time,
2:26your talent,
2:28>> [music]
2:28>> your prayers,
2:30or your treasures. Because taking risk
2:32is not just about going for a job. It's
2:36also about knowing what you know and
2:38what you don't know.
2:40It's about being open to people
2:43and to ideas.
2:46To get something you never had, you have
2:48to do something you never did.
2:53Because the chances you take, the people
2:56you meet, the people you love, the faith
2:59that you have,
3:01that's what's going to define you.
3:03>> [music]
3:08>> Don't just aspire to make a living.
3:15Aspire to make a difference.
3:20Well, as I said, I'm a positive person.
3:22I think that you have to take what
3:24you're given and and and do something
3:26with it. You know, the easiest thing to
3:27do is complain about it and give in to
3:29that. But, I try to turn that into
3:31something positive and so far it's
3:33worked for me.
3:35You know, it would be easy to to sit
3:37here and say uh
3:38uh oh, yeah, there's a lot of
3:40prejudices, a lot of racism. Well,
3:41that's a given. You know, I try to be a
3:43positive person and figure out a way I
3:45can do better, not not give in to. Small
3:48minds
3:51>> [music]
3:51>> discuss other people.
3:54Gossip.
3:55Good minds discuss events.
3:58Great minds discuss ideas.
4:01At 66, getting ready to be 67, having
4:03just buried my mother,
4:05I made a promise to her and to God
4:09to do not just to do good the right way,
4:11but to honor my mother and my father by
4:14the way I live my life the rest of my
4:16days on this earth. I'm here to serve,
4:19to help,
4:20to provide. When I was young, I starting
4:23to really make it as an actor,
4:25I came in, I talked to my mother. I
4:27said, "Ma, did you think that this was
4:28going to happen, I'd be so big, and I'll
4:30be able to take care of everybody, and I
4:32can do this, and I can do that, and I
4:34can" She said, "Boy, stop it right
4:35there. Stop it right there." She said,
4:37"If you only knew how many people that
4:40have been praying for you,
4:42how many prayer [music] groups she put
4:44together, how many prayer cloths she
4:46gave me, how many times she splashed me
4:48with
4:49holy water."
4:51And she said, "Oh, you did it by
4:52yourself? I tell you what you can do by
4:53yourself. You can go outside, get a mop
4:55and
4:56bucket and wash them windows. You can do
4:57that by yourself,
4:59superstar.
5:00Everything that you think you see in me,
5:02everything that I've accomplished,
5:03everything that you think I have, and I
5:05have a few things, everything that I
5:07have is by the grace of God.
5:11Understand that.
5:12It's a gift.
5:16What are you going to [music] do with
5:17what you have? I'm not talking about how
5:19much you have. Some of you have money.
5:21Some of you have patience. Some of
5:23[music] you have kindness. Some of you
5:25have love. Some of you have the gift of
5:27long-suffering. Whatever it is, whatever
5:29your gift is. We all have different
5:31talents. Some of you will be doctors,
5:33some lawyers, some scientists, [music]
5:35some educators, some nurses. It's what
5:37you do
5:39with what you have.
5:40True desire in the heart, [music] that
5:43itch that you have, whatever it is you
5:45want to do, that thing that you want to
5:46do to help others and to to [music] grow
5:48and to make money,
5:50that desire, that itch, that's God's
5:52proof to you
5:53sit beforehand already to indicate
5:55[music] that it's yours.
5:57And anything you want
6:00you can have.
6:02So claim it.
6:04Work [music] hard to get it.
6:06When you get it, reach back. Pull
6:09someone else up. You only live once.
6:12So do what [music] you feel passionate
6:14about, passionate about. So you got to
6:16get out there.
6:18You got to give it everything you got,
6:19whether it's your time, your talent, or
6:22your treasures.
6:23>> [music]
6:24>> The world needs your talents. Man, does
6:26it ever.
6:28Your life will never be a straight path.
6:32I was 20 years old. I was at my lowest
6:35point.
6:36And then one day, and I remember the
6:38exact day,
6:40March 27th, 1975.
6:45I was helping my mother in her beauty
6:47shop. My mother owned a beauty shop up
6:48in Mount Vernon. And there's [music]
6:50there was this older woman. I didn't
6:52know her personally, but I I was looking
6:53in the mirror, and every time I looked
6:55in the mirror, I could see her behind
6:56me, and she was staring at me.
6:59She just kept looking at me. Every time
7:00I looked at her, she kept giving me
7:01these strange looks.
7:04So she finally [music] took the dryer
7:05off her head, and she said something
7:06I'll never forget.
7:08She said, "Young boy,
7:10I have a prophecy.
7:12A spiritual prophecy."
7:15She said, "You are going to travel the
7:17world [music]
7:18and speak to millions of people."
7:21Now mind you, I'm 20 years old. I'm
7:23flunked out of school. In fact, like a
7:25wise ass, I'm thinking to myself, maybe
7:27she's got something in that crystal ball
7:29about me getting back in the school next
7:30fall.
7:31But maybe she was on to something
7:33because later that summer, while working
7:34as a counselor at a YMCA camp in
7:36Connecticut,
7:38we put on a talent show for the campers.
7:40And after the show, another counselor
7:42came up to me and asked,
7:44"Have you ever thought about acting?
7:45You're good at that."
7:48And in the years that followed, just as
7:49that woman prophesied, I have traveled
7:51the world, and I have spoken to millions
7:53of people through my movies.
7:56Don't be afraid to fail. There's an old
7:58IQ test with nine dots,
8:02and you had to draw five lines with a
8:05pencil within these nine dots with
8:08without lifting [music] the pencil.
8:10The only way to do it was to go outside
8:12the box.
8:14So, don't be afraid to go outside the
8:16box.
8:18Don't be afraid to
8:20think
8:21>> [music]
8:21>> outside the box. Don't be afraid to fail
8:24big.
8:26To dream
8:28big.
8:30But, remember,
8:32dreams
8:34without goals
8:36are just dreams,
8:39and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
8:43So, have dreams,
8:47but have goals.
8:49>> [music]
8:49>> Life goals, yearly goals,
8:52monthly goals, daily goals. I try to
8:55give myself a goal every day.
8:58Sometimes
8:59just to not curse somebody out.
9:01>> [laughter]
9:02>> Simple goals, but have goals.
9:06Remember, just because you're doing a
9:09lot more,
9:12doesn't mean you're getting a lot more
9:14done.
9:17You'll see what I mean about taking risk
9:19or being willing to fail.
9:22Because taking risk is not just about
9:25going for a job.
9:27It's also about knowing what you know
9:30>> [music]
9:30>> and what you don't know.
9:33It's about being open to people
9:37and to ideas.
9:39And I can't think of a better message as
9:41we send you off today
9:43to not only take risks,
9:46but to be open to life,
9:48>> [music]
9:49>> to accept new views,
9:52and to be open to new opinions.
9:55Because the chances you take,
9:58the people you meet, the people you
10:00love,
10:02the faith that you have,
10:05>> [music]
10:05>> that's what's going to define you.
10:08So, members of the class of 2011, this
10:11is your mission.
10:12Never be discouraged.
10:15Never hold back.
10:18Give everything you got.
10:21And when you fall throughout life,
10:24remember this,
10:26fall forward.
10:28I found that nothing in life
10:31is worthwhile
10:34unless [music] you take risks.
10:37Nothing.
10:39Nelson Mandela said, "There is no
10:41passion to be found
10:44playing small
10:47and settling for a life that's less
10:50than the one you're capable of living."
10:53Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in
10:55his career, the most in the history of
10:58baseball, [music] but you don't hear
10:59about the strikeouts. People remember
11:01the home runs.
11:04Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed
11:06experiments. Did you know that? I didn't
11:08know that.
11:09>> [music]
11:09>> Because the 1,001st
11:11was the light bulb.
11:14Every failed experiment [music]
11:15is one step closer to success. Now, I'm
11:18sure in your experiences in school, in
11:20applying to college, and [music] picking
11:22your major, and deciding what you want
11:24to do with life, I'm sure people have
11:26told you to make sure you have [music]
11:27something to fall back on.
11:30But I never understood that concept.
11:33>> [music]
11:34>> Having something to fall back on.
11:37If I'm going to fall,
11:40I don't want to fall back [music] on
11:41anything
11:43except my faith.
11:45I want to fall forward.
11:47I figure at least this way I'll see what
11:49I'm going to hit. Keep striving, never
11:51give up, fall down seven times, get up
11:53eight. Without commitment,
11:56you'll never start. Without consistency,
11:58[music]
12:00you'll never finish.
12:01What are you going to do
12:04with what you have?
12:05Those [music] who can, do.
12:07Those who can't, talk about those who
12:09can.
12:13I found that nothing in life
12:16is worthwhile
12:18unless you take risks.
12:20Nothing.
12:22Nelson Mandela said, "There is no
12:24passion to be found playing small and
12:28settling for a life that's less than the
12:30one you're capable of living."
12:33Now, I'm sure in your experiences in
12:34school and applying to college and
12:36picking your major and deciding what you
12:38want to do with life, I'm sure people
12:40have told you to make sure you have
12:42something to fall back on. Make sure you
12:44got something to fall back on, honey.
12:47But I never understood that concept.
12:50Having something [music] to fall back
12:51on.
12:53If I'm going to fall,
12:55I don't want to fall back on anything.
12:57>> [music]
12:58>> I want to fall forward.
13:00I figure at least this way I'll see what
13:02I'm going to hit.
13:06Fall forward.
13:08This is what I mean.
13:11Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 [music]
13:13times in his career, the most in the
13:15history of baseball, but you don't hear
13:17about the strikeouts. People [music]
13:18remember the home runs.
13:22Fall forward.
13:24Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed
13:27experiments. Did you know that? I didn't
13:28know that.
13:30Because the 1,001st
13:32was the light bulb.
13:35Fall forward.
13:39Fail big.
13:41Today is the beginning of the rest of
13:42your life and it can be it's going to be
13:44very frightening. It it's a new world
13:46out there, it's a mean world out there
13:47and
13:48you only live once.
13:50So do what you feel passionate about.
13:53Take chances
13:55professionally. Don't be afraid to go
13:58outside the box.
14:00Don't be afraid [music] to
14:02think outside the box. Don't be afraid
14:05to fail big, to dream
14:08big, but remember
14:11dreams
14:13without goals
14:16are just dreams
14:18and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
14:23So have dreams
14:26but have goals.
14:28Life goals, yearly goals, monthly goals,
14:31daily goals. I try to give myself a goal
14:34every day.
14:37Sometimes it's
14:38just to not curse somebody out.
14:41Simple goals, but have goals.
14:45And understand
14:48that to achieve these goals, you must
14:50apply discipline
14:53and consistency.
14:56In order to achieve your goals, you must
14:58apply discipline, which you've already
15:00done, and consistency. Every [music]
15:03day, not just on Tuesday and just a few
15:05days. You have to work at it.
15:08Hard work
15:11works.
15:13You'll never see a U-Haul behind a
15:16hearse. I don't care how much money you
15:18make, you can't take it with you.
15:21The Egyptians tried it.
15:24They got robbed. That's all they got.
15:27>> [music]
15:28>> You can't take it with you.
15:30And it's not how much you have.
15:34It's what you do
15:36with what you have.
15:37We all have different talents. Some of
15:39you will be doctors, some lawyers, some
15:41scientists, some educators, some nurses,
15:43some preachers. [music]
15:47The most selfish thing you can do in
15:49this world
15:51is help someone else.
15:53Why is it selfish? Because the
15:54gratification, [music] the goodness that
15:56comes to you, the good feeling, the good
15:58feeling that I get from helping others,
16:01nothing's better than that. Well, one or
16:03two things, [music] but
16:04nothing's better than that. Not not
16:06jewelry, not big house I have, not the
16:09cars, but the the
16:11It's the joy. That's where the joy is in
16:13helping others. That's where the success
16:15is.
16:19And anything you want
16:21good,
16:22you can have.
16:25So, claim it.
16:27Work hard to get it.
16:29When you get it, reach back. Pull
16:31someone else up.
16:34Each one teach one.
16:38Remember, just because you're doing a
16:41lot more
16:44doesn't mean you're getting a lot more
16:46done.
16:48Remember that. Just because you're doing
16:49a lot more
16:52doesn't mean you're getting a lot more
16:55done.
16:57Don't confuse
16:59movement
17:02with progress.
17:04My mother told me, she said, "Yeah, cuz
17:05you can run in place all the time and
17:07never get anywhere."
17:09So, continue to strive, continue to have
17:10goals, continue to progress.
17:17Without commitment,
17:19>> [applause]
17:19>> you'll never start, but more
17:21importantly, without consistency,
17:25you'll never finish.
17:27It's not easy.
17:29If it was easy, there'd be no Kerry
17:30Washington. If it was easy, there'd be
17:33no Taraji P. Henson.
17:35P. Henson.
17:38If it were easy, there'd be no Octavia
17:40Spencer, but not only that, if it were
17:42easy, there'd be no Viola Davis.
17:45If it were easy, there'd be no Michael
17:47T. Williamson, no Stephen McKinley
17:49Henderson, no
17:51Russell Hornsby. If it were easy,
17:53there'd be no Denzel Washington. So,
17:56keep working,
17:58keep striving, never give up, fall down
18:00seven times, get up eight.
18:05Ease
18:08is a greater threat
18:10to progress
18:12than hardship.
18:15>> [applause]
18:16>> Ease is a greater threat to progress
18:18than hardship. So,
18:20>> [applause]
18:20>> keep moving, keep growing, keep
18:22learning.
18:23See you at work.
18:24You'll never see a U-Haul
18:27behind a hearse.
18:29I'll say it again. You'll never see a
18:31U-Haul behind a hearse. Now, I've been
18:33blessed to make hundreds of millions of
18:35dollars in my life. [music]
18:37I can't take it with me.
18:39And neither can you. So, it's not how
18:42much you have,
18:44it's what you do
18:46>> [music]
18:46>> with what you have. And we all have
18:48different gifts. Some money, some love,
18:51some patience, some the ability to touch
18:55people,
18:56but we all have it.
18:58Use it. Share it.
19:01That's what counts.
19:03Not what you're driving, not what you're
19:04flying in, not what kind of house you
19:06bought your mama.
19:07>> The thing about self-discipline is that
19:09it is necessary for everything you do in
19:13your life. [music] You have to be
19:15self-disciplined. If discipline comes
19:17from somewhere else,
19:19uh it's very, very hard to remain
19:21consistent [music] because you tend to
19:22resist. It's wild because I see trainers
19:26and they're in the gym with people and,
19:28you know, the guy or girl that they're
19:31working out hates their workout. Hates
19:34it because the discipline is coming from
19:36somewhere else. You It's something that
19:38you dread every time you go in. You
19:41don't really want to do it. It's like,
19:43"Uh but oh no, my trainer's here. He's
19:45about to, you know, beat me up [music]
19:47and make me feel crazy." Well, the truth
19:50is every trainer
19:52should work his way out of your life.
19:55Anybody who's working you out, your
19:57teachers, [music]
19:57your trainers, your people, they have to
20:00train you
20:01to get out of your life. So, you can go
20:04ahead, do your own workout, do your own
20:08thing, practice self-discipline.
20:10>> Dreams without goals are just dreams
20:14and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
20:17Goals on the road to achievement
20:21cannot be achieved without discipline
20:25and consistency.
20:27I pray that you all put your shoes way
20:30under the bed at night so that you got
20:32to get on your knees IN THE MORNING.
20:36ANYTHING YOU WANT,
20:38GOOD,
20:40you can have.
20:42>> [music]
20:43>> So, claim it.
20:44Work hard to get it.
20:47When you get it, reach back. Pull
20:49someone else up.
20:51Each one,
20:53teach one.
20:55Don't just aspire to make a living.
21:01Aspire to make a difference.
21:06>> You don't have to compromise yourself.
21:08You know, if there's something you don't
21:10feel good about, then don't do it. The
21:11most important choices I've made
21:14was to say no. And I said no many a time
21:18to to films that I just didn't
21:20especially early on
21:22that just didn't feel comfortable with.
21:24They
21:25They There was one script that was
21:26brought to me. I call it The They
21:28Couldn't Kill.
21:31Cuz they
21:32were like
21:33he was accused of raping his wife
21:36in the '40s and they were they tried to
21:38hang him, but he didn't die.
21:41>> [laughter]
21:42>> And they tried to electrocute him.
21:44They were like, "It's a comedy." I'm
21:45like, "It don't look funny to me."
21:49So, I actually called Sidney Poitier,
21:52who I was fortunate at that time to and
21:54still to be able to call. And I said,
21:57you know, this movie make I'm set. And
22:00they offered me $600,000
22:03to play The They Couldn't Kill.
22:06Ah, that's what I called him.
22:09And
22:10he said to me, and I'll say this to you,
22:13he said the first two or three or four
22:16films you make in this industry, Denzel,
22:18will determine how you proceed.
22:20He said, "I'm not going to tell you what
22:22to do,
22:23but remember that the first three or
22:25four or five films you make will
22:26determine how you proceed."
22:28I turned it down. I turned the money
22:30down. I needed the money.
22:32I turned it down. Six months later, I
22:34got Cry Freedom.
22:37That and that
22:38>> [applause]
22:39>> So, stick to your guns. If you If you If
22:42you don't feel like you should do it,
22:44then don't do it. Cuz you don't want to
22:46be
22:47you know, you don't want to be a
22:49negative energy on the set. That's how I
22:51feel. So, I'm like, you know, I ain't
22:52doing this cuz I'm going to slap
22:53somebody on the second day.
22:55>> [laughter]
22:56>> So, I just, you know,
22:57it's it's something I think the most
22:59important decisions you can make as an
23:01actor actress
23:02is saying no. Is saying no, you don't
23:05have to take your clothes off if you
23:08don't want to.
23:09>> [applause]
23:10>> The one thing I'm the most happy about
23:11[music] in terms of my career is the
23:13fact that I got there
23:16by the grace of God, first [music] of
23:17all, but short of that, I got there just
23:20by working hard, not partying with
23:22[music] the right people, not
23:24compromising myself in any way or
23:26cutting any kind of deals, just by
23:28working hard, just by [music] plugging
23:30away along, sawing wood as I like to
23:32call it.
23:34I'm a 20-year overnight sensation.
23:38I don't get life mixed up with making a
23:39living. I was there [music] for all four
23:41of my children being born. When When the
23:43first one was born, I recognized the
23:44difference between life
23:47and making a living. They're life, you
23:48know, our family's life, you know,
23:50acting is making a living.
23:53>> What do you think the biggest difference
23:54between [music] doing a play and doing I
23:56mean, it's a cliché question, but I'd be
23:57interested to know your answer.
23:59>> I think a part of what Viola just said
24:00is that [music] you get to dig deeper
24:01and you get another day. And you get the
24:03energy.
24:04>> Mhm.
24:05>> You do a movie and it's 200 people that
24:07are used to it and they don't care and
24:08you Everybody's doing their job and it
24:10comes in a theater somewhere and you you
24:12know, you're picking your nose at home
24:13somewhere,
24:14clipping your nails. There's no energy.
24:16>> Right.
24:16>> Uh when I was on on Broadway 5 years ago
24:19with Julius Caesar, I made a decision to
24:21sign autographs every night. I don't
24:22know what I did. Oh yeah, that ain't
24:24happening THIS TIME. NO.
24:25>> [laughter]
24:28>> ONLY AS I RUB MY KNEES, ONLY because my
24:31knees are bad. It's hard for me to
24:32stand. But
24:33>> And why did you decide to do that?
24:35>> Well, you know, I wanted to say thank
24:36you.
24:37>> Uh-huh.
24:37>> It was my way of saying thank you. And
24:40the first night it it was like 5,000
24:42people out there. I said, "Okay, wait a
24:43minute. Everybody who has playbills from
24:45our show."
24:46>> So
24:47>> [laughter]
24:47>> Yeah, cuz it was like people were just
24:49wandering up the block. I was like,
24:51"WAIT A MINUTE. I FORGOT I'M ON, you
24:52know, 42nd Street, Times Square."
24:54>> [laughter]
24:55>> I was like, "Wait a minute." But
24:56honestly
24:57>> You were
24:58>> for weeks.
24:58>> The energy and I was out there hour and
25:00a half every night, every show. But, the
25:02energy you got back, the stories, the
25:04five little old ladies who who just
25:06drove in from Detroit. [music]
25:08And I'm like, "Well, what y'all doing
25:09tonight?" They said, "We're getting back
25:10in the car, baby. We got to go back
25:11tonight."
25:12And you know, a little 84-year-old lady
25:14who was like, "Baby, if I was 3 YEARS
25:16YOUNGER
25:19>> [applause]
25:21>> OH, TRUE STORY.
25:23THEN WE HAD WE WE HAD
25:25and and and and and I say this also
25:28because I hope it happens with this
25:29play. We had some high schools come. We
25:32had one school from somewhere, I forgot
25:34where,
25:34>> [music]
25:34>> and they were doing Julius Caesar and
25:36then some young kid was like, "Well, you
25:37know, my Brutus is a bit different.
25:39>> [laughter]
25:41>> He's more the classic stoic and
25:43Well, it was great to engage and
25:46and and exchange with these young people
25:48[music] with There was a There was an
25:49energy. I got more from it than I gave
25:52to to the people that I signed for.
25:54That's, you know,
25:55You don't get that
25:58You know, the odd thing about success
25:59[music] in film is is the budgets get
26:01bigger, you make more money, but they
26:02become more formulaic. So, you don't get
26:05the opportunity. [music] So, I, God
26:07willing, if I stay around long enough,
26:09this is what I'm going to be doing.
26:13You know, you're always affected by
26:14opinion, but the
26:16the more opinions there are of you the
26:20me, the more I
26:23the less I look at them because [music]
26:24I just can't live my life based upon
26:26what other people think about me. So, I
26:28can't concern myself too much with what
26:30other [music] people think, you know,
26:31it's just not healthy.
26:32I I don't think I'll I could continue to
26:35do what I do if I was constantly
26:36worrying about what somebody thought
26:38about it.
26:38>> [music]
26:55[music]
26:56>> Mhm.

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