anagonyes:“Today, for me, is a celebration of something that my dad taught me. And that is, ‘To thin
anagonyes:“Today, for me, is a celebration of something that my dad taught me. And that is, ‘To thine own self be true.’ And if you walk along this boulevard and you look at these names, there is a power that lies in that. ‘To thine own self be true.’ There’s a power in believing in yourself. There’s a power in not giving up on life and in not giving up on yourself. And there’s a power in making a decision that while you may not be the best that ever did it, you may not be the prettiest or the tallest or the funniest or the most talented or whatever it is that you tell yourself that you’re not… If you’re stubborn, and you don’t give up and you work really hard, no one else can ever be you. And today is an absolute honor. Today proves that.” [x] -- source link