Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (Photo: AP)
President Donald J. Trump told graduates at Liberty University to take “the road less traveled” and “never, ever give up” on standing for your principles. Speaking to the nation’s largest evangelical university for the first time in a year, he told the Class of 2017 to “relish the opportunity to be an outsider” and “defy expectations” against a “small group of failed voices.”
“A small group of failed voices who think they know everything and understand everyone want to tell everybody else how to live and what to do and how to think,” President Trump said. “But you aren’t going to let other people tell you what you believe, especially when you know that you’re right.”
“We don’t need a lecture from Washington on how to lead our lives.”
The President, who was warmly received a met with red caps, likened the experiences the graduates would face in the future to his historic victory in the 2016 election against all odds and predictions.
“Treat the word ‘impossible’ as nothing more than motivation. Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label. Being an outsider is fine. Embrace the label because it’s the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference,” the president added. “The more that a broken system tells you that you’re wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead. You must keep pushing forward. And always have the courage to be yourself.”
Quotes From the Commencement Address
“If I give you one message to hold in your hearts today, it’s this: never, ever give up,” the President said. “There’ll be times in your life when you’ll want to quit, you’ll want to go home … just never quit. Go back home and tell mom, dad, ‘I can do it. I can do it. I will do it.'”
“Following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage to do what is right. And they know what is right, but they don’t have the courage or the guts or the stamina to take it and to do it. It’s called the road less traveled,” President Trump added. “You will build a future where we have the courage to chase our dreams no matter what the cynics and the doubters have to say, and you will have the faith to replace a broken establishment with a government that serves and protects the people.”
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