J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech (2008)

>> 07 May, 2011

Recently, I watched Harry Potter series author, Joanne Kathleen Rowling's Harvard Commencement Speech back in 2008. She gave the newly graduates the strength and position of being the voice of the voiceless and the powerless and be the lending hands to the people who need it the most.

Her keynote speech added more flair when she tackled her hardships in life and discussed the benefits of failure, and the importance of imagination.

I honestly have had to pause at some parts of the video 'cause I had to laugh out loud or absorb powerful aphorisms. I must say, she really has a way with words :)




She is indeed a great person in this world. Thank you J.K. Rowling.

"It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you lived so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." - J.K. Rowling


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2 comment\s:

Francis Louie Merjudio May 7, 2011 8:24 PM  

imagination... an underrated asset, so far

Boris August 9, 2011 5:30 PM  

@francis, sadly, it is... But we don't have to be infected by their negativity :D

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