Humorous Wedding Speech: Transforming To The Teacher

Congratulations. Congratulations first off to the teachers and administrators, for having successfully educated another class. Congratulations to the parents for having put up with us through the first stage of our lives. But most of all, congratulations to all of you, the class of 2017. You have sat through 53,240 hours of school, learning and listening through adding to dividing to squaring to solving quadratic equations and designing roller coasters. I want to take the moment to reflect on how much we have all grown. We walked into Reynolds, or Bogert, or Cavallini afraid and unsure. Today we will emerge from these four walls men and women of tomorrow’s society. We should be proud of ourselves. But it is important to remember that, amidst all the celebrations, the cake, the letters, the cheers, that this is not the end. This is only the beginning of your great journey.

Someone, long ago, told me if you tried hard enough, you would succeed. That person was wrong. Even if you try your best and you pour everything into something, it might still fail. Failure is an interesting thing. We talk about the successes. Everyone knows Steve Jobs was the CEO of Apple. Few know that 30 years ago, he was fired by his own company. Everyone knows Abraham Lincoln. He failed to win seven elections before he finally won president. Everyone knows the father of our nation, George Washington. He was a failed general who lost so many battles the British fired him. You see, success does not come at the first attempt. Success is from failing. If you haven’t failed, you can’t succeed. Your first draft will never, ever be your last. The strength of the human condition is not in never falling down, but getting up when we do. Don’t be afraid of failure. Welcome it. Embrace it. Use the ladder of failure to climb to the roof of success. And never give up when you bite the dust. Because so many before you have still climbed back to the