“Every one of us has a calling. There is a reason why you are here. I know this for sure. And that reason is greater than any degree. It's greater than any paycheque. And it's greater than anything anybody can tell you that are you supposed to do. Your real job is to find out what the reason is and get about the business of doing it.Your calling isn't something that somebody can tell you about. It's what you feel. It's a part of your life force. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that are you supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Commencement Address at Howard University, 2007
Tagged: Commencement, Graduation, Speech
Appears In: Quotes To Make You Smile, Graduation Quotes
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