Les Brown

That this path where you are and this choice that you made, it's a life. that will outlive you. There are people whose lives that you're going to touch that you'll never meet, lives that you will transform, that you will never run into, but you have made a mark and continue to do that. And it has a rippling effect and we will all feel it.

That this path where you are and this choice that you made, it's a life. that will outlive you. There are people whose lives that you're going to touch that you'll never meet, lives that you will transform, that you will never run into, but you have made a mark and continue to do that. And it has a rippling effect and we will all feel it.

That this path where you are and this choice that you made, it's a life. that will outlive you. There are people whose lives that you're going to touch that you'll never meet, lives that you will transform, that you will never run into, but you have made a mark and continue to do that. And it has a rippling effect and we will all feel it.

Sorry for your loss. Was he a speaker?

Sorry for your loss. Was he a speaker?

Sorry for your loss. Was he a speaker?

Yeah, but he's not gone. You know, there's something that I read during the time when my mother made her transition. A poet wrote and said, if you but knew where I stepped, you will wonder why you wept. And so there is something that he left in you and the peoples whose lives he's touched that the casket, the grave could not hold. He left a spirit in you of perseverance, of a

Yeah, but he's not gone. You know, there's something that I read during the time when my mother made her transition. A poet wrote and said, if you but knew where I stepped, you will wonder why you wept. And so there is something that he left in you and the peoples whose lives he's touched that the casket, the grave could not hold. He left a spirit in you of perseverance, of a

Yeah, but he's not gone. You know, there's something that I read during the time when my mother made her transition. A poet wrote and said, if you but knew where I stepped, you will wonder why you wept. And so there is something that he left in you and the peoples whose lives he's touched that the casket, the grave could not hold. He left a spirit in you of perseverance, of a

A perpetual sense of optimism and a willingness to live your life to the fullest, to make a greater impact, to finish life strong, to live full, and to die empty. He's still with you. When you speak, he's there with you, watching you from the other side. And my mother's preparing a sweet potato pie for one in heaven.

A perpetual sense of optimism and a willingness to live your life to the fullest, to make a greater impact, to finish life strong, to live full, and to die empty. He's still with you. When you speak, he's there with you, watching you from the other side. And my mother's preparing a sweet potato pie for one in heaven.

A perpetual sense of optimism and a willingness to live your life to the fullest, to make a greater impact, to finish life strong, to live full, and to die empty. He's still with you. When you speak, he's there with you, watching you from the other side. And my mother's preparing a sweet potato pie for one in heaven.

Mr. Leroy Washington, I went in his class one day and I was looking for a friend of mine. When I was in the fifth grade, I was labeled educable mentally retarded. So when you are in special education, as they call it, and you're not mainstream, they call it the Dodo Award. And I was looking for this friend of mine who was in his class.

Mr. Leroy Washington, I went in his class one day and I was looking for a friend of mine. When I was in the fifth grade, I was labeled educable mentally retarded. So when you are in special education, as they call it, and you're not mainstream, they call it the Dodo Award. And I was looking for this friend of mine who was in his class.

Mr. Leroy Washington, I went in his class one day and I was looking for a friend of mine. When I was in the fifth grade, I was labeled educable mentally retarded. So when you are in special education, as they call it, and you're not mainstream, they call it the Dodo Award. And I was looking for this friend of mine who was in his class.

And he said, young man, I want you to go to the front of the room. I want you to work something out for me. And I said, sir, I cannot do that. He said, why not? I said, I'm not going to be a student. So he said, do it anyhow. And I said, I can't, sir. And the other students started laughing, saying, he's Leslie. He's a twin. His brother, Wesley, is smart. He's DT. And he asked, what's DT?

And he said, young man, I want you to go to the front of the room. I want you to work something out for me. And I said, sir, I cannot do that. He said, why not? I said, I'm not going to be a student. So he said, do it anyhow. And I said, I can't, sir. And the other students started laughing, saying, he's Leslie. He's a twin. His brother, Wesley, is smart. He's DT. And he asked, what's DT?

And he said, young man, I want you to go to the front of the room. I want you to work something out for me. And I said, sir, I cannot do that. He said, why not? I said, I'm not going to be a student. So he said, do it anyhow. And I said, I can't, sir. And the other students started laughing, saying, he's Leslie. He's a twin. His brother, Wesley, is smart. He's DT. And he asked, what's DT?

He's the dumb twin. And they started laughing. And I said, I am, sir. He came from behind his desk. He said, don't you ever say that again. Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. Do you hear me? And I said, yes, sir. And he startled me that something in that day was a day that turned my life around.

He's the dumb twin. And they started laughing. And I said, I am, sir. He came from behind his desk. He said, don't you ever say that again. Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. Do you hear me? And I said, yes, sir. And he startled me that something in that day was a day that turned my life around.