Put God First Denzel Washington Motivational Inspiring Commencement Speech with BIG subtitles

let me take this moment to

wholeheartedly congratulate each and

every one of you today you graduated you

did it you made it

congratulations to you and you did it

all by yourselves nobody helped you

yeah that’s Dutch that’s what you know

that’s what I thought when I was when I

was young I starting to really make it

as an actor I came in I talked to my

mother I said ma did you think that this

was gonna happen I’d be so big and I’ll

be able to take care of everybody and I

didn’t do this and I can do that and I

can she said boy stop it right there

stop it right there stop it right there

he said if you only knew how many people

that have been praying for you

how many prayer groups she put together

how many crack laws she gave me how many

times she splashed me with holy water

save my sorry behind that she said it

she said oh you did it by yourself I

tell you what you can do by yourself you

can go outside get a mop and a bucket

and wash them windows you can do that by

yourself

superstar so I’m saying that to say I

want to congratulate all the parents and

friends and family and aunties and

uncles and grandmothers and grandfathers

and teachers and friends and and enemies

it’s all the people that helped you to

get where you are today congratulations

to you all

i’ma tell about two three stories I’m

gonna keep it real short

I remember my graduation speaker got up

to here went on forever blah blah blah

blah blah blah blah blah blah so I’m

gonna keep it short no one put God first

put God first in everything you do

everything that you think you see in me

everything that I’ve accomplished

everything that you think I have and I

have a few things everything that I have

is by the grace of God understand that

it’s a gift 40 years ago March 27th 1975

it was 40 years ago

just this past March I was flunking out

of college I had a 1.7 grade point

average I hope none of you can relate at

a 1.7 grade point average I was sitting

in my mother’s beauty shop they still

call a beauty shop now what they call it

yeah I’ll sit in the beauty parlor I was

sitting in my mother’s beauty parlor and

I’m looking in the mirror and I see

behind me this woman under the dryer and

every time she looked up she every time

I looked up she was looking at me just

look at me in the eye I don’t know who

she was and I said you know she said

somebody give me a pen give me a pen so

I have a prophecy March 27 1975 she said

boy you were gonna travel the world and

speak to millions of people now mind you

I flunked out of college I’m thinking

about joining the army I didn’t know

what I was gonna do and she’s telling me

I’m gonna travel the world and speak to

millions of people well I have traveled

the world and I have spoke to millions

of people but that’s not the most

important thing the success that I had

the most important thing is that what

she taught me and what she told me that

day has stayed with me since I’ve been

protected I’ve been directed I’ve been

corrected

I’ve kept God in my life and has kept me

humble I didn’t always stick with him

but he always stuck with me so stick

with him in everything you do if you

think you want to do what you think I’ve

done then do what I’ve done and stick

with God number two

fail big that’s right fail big

today’s the beginning of the rest of

your life and it can be it can be very

frightening it’s a new world out there

it’s a mean world out there and you only

live once

so do what you feel passionate about

passionate about take chances

professionally don’t be afraid to fail

there’s a know-all IQ test was nine dots

and you had to draw five lines with a

pencil within these nine dots without

lifting the pencil the only way to do it

was to go outside the box so don’t be

afraid to go outside the box don’t be

afraid to think outside the box don’t be

afraid to fail big to dream big but

remember dreams without goals are just

dreams and they ultimately fuel

disappointment so have dreams but have

goals life goals yearly goals monthly

goals daily goals I try to give myself a

goal every day sometimes just to not

curse somebody out simple goals but have

goals and understand that to achieve

these goals you must apply discipline

and consistency in order to achieve your

goals you must apply discipline which

you are already done and consistency

every day not just want to z and miss a

few days you have to work at it every

day you have to plan every day you’ve

heard the saying we don’t plan to fail

we fail to plan hard work works working

really hard is what successful people do

and in this text tweet Tork world that

you’ve grown up in

remember just because you’re doing a lot

more doesn’t mean you’re getting a lot

more done remember that just because

you’re doing a lot more doesn’t mean

you’re getting a lot more done don’t

confuse movement with progress my mother

told me yeah yeah cuz you can run in

place all the time and never get

anywhere so continue to strive continue

to have goals continue to progress

number three you’ll never see a u-haul

behind a hearse I’ll say it again you’ll

never see a u-haul behind a hearse

I don’t care how much money you make you

can’t take it with you the Egyptians

tried it they got robbed that’s all they

got you can’t take it with you with you

and it’s not how much you have it’s what

you do with what you have we all have

different talents some of you will be

doctors some lawyers some scientists

some educators some nurses some teachers

yeah okay some preachers the most

selfish thing you can do in this world

is help someone else why is it selfish

because the gratification the goodness

that comes to you the good feeling the

good feeling that I get from helping

others nothing’s better than that well

one or two things but nothing’s better

than that not not jewelry not big house

I have not the cars but the it’s the joy

that’s where the joy is in helping

others that’s where the success is in

helping others finally

I pray that you put your slippers it’s

way under the bed tonight so that when

you wake up in the morning you have to

get on your knees to reach them and

whine while you’re down there say thank

you for grace

thank you for mercy thank you for

understanding

thank you for wisdom thank you for

parents

thank you for love thank you for

kindness thank you for humility

thank you for peace thank you for

prosperity say thank you in advance for

what’s already yours how I live my life

that’s why I am one of the reasons why I

am today say thank you in advance for

what is already yours true desire in the

heart for anything good is God’s proof

to you sit before hand to indicate that

it’s yours already I’ll say it again

true desire in the heart that itch that

you have whatever it is you want to do

that thing that you want to do to help

others in to grow and to make money that

desire that itch that’s God’s proof to

you sit before hand already to indicate

that it’s yours

and anything you want good you can have

so claim it work hard to get it when you

get it

reach back pull someone else up each one

teach one

don’t just aspire to make a living

aspire to make a difference

thank you

you