“If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” (Retired US Navy Admiral William H. McRaven)

Excerpt from the remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the University-wide Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 17, 2014

...If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.

...If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.

...If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.

...If you want to change the world get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.

...But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses. 

...If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first. 

...So, if you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks. 

...If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment. 

...So, if you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.

Finally, in SEAL training there is a bell. A brass bell that hangs in the center of the compound for all the students to see. All you have to do to quit is ring the bell.
Ring the bell and you no longer have to wake up at 5 o’clock. Ring the bell and you no longer have to do the freezing cold swims. Ring the bell and you no longer have to do the runs, the obstacle course, the PT — and you no longer have to endure the hardships of training. Just ring the bell.
If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell. 

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Read complete address at https://news.utexas.edu/2014/05/16/mcraven-urges-graduates-to-find-courage-to-change-the-world/ or watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaQZFhrW0fU