Oprah Winfrey, global media leader and philanthropist, spoke to the Class of 2008 at Stanford's 117th Commencement on June 15, 2008. Winfrey drew on experiences from a career that began in 1976 when she co-anchored a television newscast, and she shared three lessons about feelings, failure and finding happiness.Transcript of Oprah Winfrey's commencement address: http://...
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When I first listen to this speech I liked everything about it, but now I realize that our inner compass should be based on our reason, not on our emotions.
amuletrose(November 9, 2008 at 7:48 pm)
can learn a lot from her speech....we must not think of who she is but listen to what she is to say....and learn
eugene1(October 28, 2008 at 12:25 pm)
Trust the Feds to distribute her billion dollars? Please!!! It's incredibly naive if to think the Feds with all its bureaucracy could be trusted to carry out such a mission with integrity and ethics. Little morals? DUH!!! What speech were you listening to, help others, serve others, stand for something, be compassionate, listening to your intuition; sounds like important morals to me. Excellent speech Oprah, you're one of a king!
firebreathone(October 27, 2008 at 7:08 pm)
as usual: a lot of Oprah and little real morals
roodingle(October 20, 2008 at 1:09 am)
She only talks about herself, I this, I that... very much in love with herself. Oprah is worth $1.4 BILLION and earns more than $260 million annually. She is filthy rich. It would be nice if she could write a check to the Feds for say, $1.3 billion and trust them to distribute to the people who need it. People without jobs, without homes etc. Come on, Oprah don't be so stingy.
a1d2h(October 17, 2008 at 3:13 am)
With a networth of 2.7 billion according to Forbes making her the richest self made woman in America, that jester is laughing all the way to the bank.And since when have you met 99% of the blacks in this country? Ignorance is just bliss isn't it my friend.
Ambiepants08(October 10, 2008 at 1:16 am)
Although I think this is a great speech overall, I think she misses the mark on the reasons for helping others. You should never help others because of what it does for yourself (i.e. to "evolve" or for a "spiritual high") but rather do it for the other person. If you're helping others because it makes you feel good then you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Do it for THEM not for YOU.
Trinkid(October 9, 2008 at 4:16 am)
If you love oprah, you will love albert clayton gaulden, a spiritual self help novelist and a reccuring guest on her program. Check out his new video on youtube.
ken107(October 8, 2008 at 5:01 am)
i love Oprah
vittykorn(October 6, 2008 at 5:52 pm)
This is the most inspiring, thoughtful and useful graduation day speech I have ever heard. The reason Oprah overcame adversity&discrimination of all kinds to become one of the richest&most influential people on the planet is because she has an exceptional innate ability to acquire&synthesize wisdom. Her wise words bring me to tears.
Cayden24(October 4, 2008 at 2:31 pm)
Nothing against Oprah...but overall, I found this speech rather poor. Too long, not focused on a central point, and too much "me" talking.
Bachconcertos(September 27, 2008 at 6:10 am)
Did these graduates learn morality, compassion, ethics? All these greedy, unethical CEOs and Wall street people, and government officials with their B.A.s and Masters degrees destroying democracy, starving Americans of housing, jobs,health care -- year after year, decade after decade, putting us at war - yeah, real intelligent people -- what about emotional intelligence.
