Commencement 2011: what 10 eminent speakers told graduates

Here are the Monitor's hand-picked highlights from the 2011 commencement season.

5. John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Catholic University of America

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives for his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 26.

A journalist once asked Mother Teresa how she persevered in the face of all the despair she had seen. Mother replied, "God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful." Over the years, I've carried in my heart a similar code my parents taught me: You do the right thing for the right reasons, and good things will happen.

So there you have it: humility, patience, and faith – the raw material of hard work and sacrifice. They will take you as far as you want to go.

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