Trying to find who delivered a speech I heard

[tgilk]

I’m hoping that, as a chronicler of the spoken word, you can help me identify a speech I head only a brief segment of on NPR a number of months ago. I don’t recall who the speaker was or what the event was at which the speech was delivered except that I think it was a political function (inauguration, perhaps) and part of me thinks that it may have been delivered by a South African figure (Mbeki or Mandela?), but I’m not sure about this. The 60 seconds or so that I heard was very inspiring and I’m hoping to identify it so that I can find it, either recorded or a transcript.

The gist of the sample that I heard was something along the lines of …

God doesn’t want us to be shy and retiring. God is never happier than when we dream large dreams and live to make them real.

Live a larger-than-life life

Those aren’t the specific words, rather just the tone of the piece. I think it was fairly recent (within the last few years). I recognize that this is a scant clue, but I’m hoping that it might hit on a recollection of yours which helps me to identify the piece.

Thank you in advance,

Regards,

Tobias Gilk