LESSON FIVE: FAILURE IS MERELY A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR FUTURE SUCCESS”
In the final analysis, the strength of your character comes not from how you react to your successes, of which I know there will be many. The strength of your character comes from how you react to your failures, of which there also will be many, especially if you make bold moves. You have been given powerful tools with which to solve the world’s greatest problems. We look to you to: • create abundant and renewable energy sources, • relieve global warming, • avert worldwide starvation, • and, to increase, not only the length of life, but the quality of life for every man, woman and child on this earth. And, for that, you have my heartiest encouragement and congratulations. for full text of speech, please see: http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/ commencement_2007_speech.html