Denzel Washington's Life Changing Speech On Failure and Success

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Denzel Washington's Motivational And Inspiring Commencement Speech At The University of Pennsylvania. Denzel shares his stories of failure, and how success is always just one failure away.

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00:00 You will fail at some point in your life except it you will lose you will embarrass yourself

00:05 You will suck at something. There's no doubt about it. I was a 1.8 GPA

00:10 One semester and the university very politely suggested that it might be better to take some time off. I

00:17 Was 20 years old. I was at my lowest point, but here's the thing I

00:22 didn't quit I

00:25 Didn't fall back

00:29 But I continued to fail and fail and fail but it didn't matter because you know, what there's an old saying

00:35 You hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later. You're gonna get a haircut

00:39 So you will catch a break and I did catch a break

00:43 Last year

00:47 I did a play called fences on Broadway

00:49 It was at the same theater that I failed that first audition 30 years prior

00:56 Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? How do you know?

00:59 Because the 1,000 and first was the light bulb

01:04 Sometimes it's the best way to figure out where you're going never be discouraged

01:12 Never hold back

01:15 Give everything you got

01:17 And when you fall throughout life

01:20 Remember this

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