Following your passion is not a secure choice in life, but if you can find the light and go for it, you will see that it is the best choice.
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Maz Jobrani
UC Berkeley Commencement 2017, 2017
Nobody knows what they're doing. Nobody does. Everyone's winging it out there. Some people are just better at pretending to be confident.
speech graduation humility
Kumail Nanjiani
Grinnell College Commencement 2017, 2017
It has always been doubt, not certainty, the constant questioning and testing of cherished assumptions, that has moved us closer to a humane and just world.
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Garry Trudeau
Macaulay Honors College Commencement 2017, 2017
Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.
speech graduation courage
Mark Zuckerberg
Harvard University Commencement 2017, 2017
A change in the world that seems so clear you're sure someone else will do it. But they won't. You will.
speech graduation courage
Mark Zuckerberg
Harvard University Commencement 2017, 2017
My fear of failure never approached in magnitude my fear of what if. What if I never tried at all?
speech graduation courage
Will Ferrell
University of Southern California Commencement 2017, 2017
Trust your gut, keep throwing darts at the dartboard. Don't listen to the critics and you will figure it out.
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Will Ferrell
University of Southern California Commencement 2017, 2017
You are the only one who can create the life you want and you may have to break some rules to do that. You are the only one who can create a system that's going to work for you and that needs to start right now.
speech graduation independence
Rashida Jones
Harvard University Class Day 2016, 2016
When big decisions pop up, get quiet, real quiet and listen. Turn off your phone, turn off your computer and listen to your true heart. Hear the thing that makes you feel sick with excitement and scares you because you know you will learn — and do that thing.
speech graduation follow your heart
Rashida Jones
Harvard University Class Day 2016, 2016
At this moment in your life you know fewer limits, fewer taboos and fewer fears than you will ever in the future. So do not squander your ignorance.
speech graduation courage
Peter Thiel
Hamilton College Commencement 2016, 2016
While doing new things is difficult, it is far from impossible.
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Peter Thiel
Hamilton College Commencement 2016, 2016
Turn toward the problems you see.
speech graduation courage
Matt Damon
MIT Commencement 2016, 2016