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“What is considerable in our lives is not so much what we occupy in the way of intelligence or talent,but what we conclude with these gifts.” Betty Ford shared these words of wisdom with the newest graduates of Grand Rapids’ Central High School at their commencement ceremony on June 7, 1976. Her remarks touched upon her experiences since she herself had graduated from Central 40 years earlier. "You begin with your own hopes and talents and what happens is not always what you diagram, and ” she told the course of 1976,“but if you follow your heart and discipline yourself to be the very best you can, I believe you will find many rewards.“
Read Betty Ford’s full remarks at Central High School Commencement.
Image: Betty Ford congratulates members of Central High School’s course of 1976 at their commencement ceremony at George Welsh Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, or Michigan,6/7/1976 (White House photograph B0138-06)
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