The need for success or achievement is one of the most thoroughly studied human motives.8 A sense of success provides assurance that self- actualization is going forward. There are numerous outstanding speeches in our sample on the theme of success. Ashlie McMillan inspired her Vanderbilt classmates by her tribute to her cousin Tina, who is a dwarf. Ashlie painted a picture of her cousin as a very short person with a very large personality.