"Make us all proud. I know you can do it. "

Obama makes me proud in his address to school kids this morning. It was an inspiring and moving speech that, I believe, cements the fact that our president is a truly wonderful thinker and orator.

Here's the link for the full text of the speech:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/

Some of the parts that resonated the most with me:

"Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future."

"Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.""

"These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time."

"No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practice."

"And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you – don’t ever give up on yourself."

I agree. Thank you, Mr. President.