Graduation

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.

Life is fluid. Sometimes when things don't work out, it's the greatest gift of all.

Success, like happiness, can't be pursued. It must ensue as the unintended byproduct of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.

Failure is not the opposite of success, it's an integral part of success.

Stop waiting on others to solve the problems and right the wrongs of our times. Turn to the leader in the mirror.

The world you live in has three problems: it is too unstable, it is too unequal, and it is completely unsustainable.

I have always believed that cynicism and pessimism were cop-outs — they're an excuse to take a dive. They're self-fulfilling prophecies.

Nobody remembers the naysayers. In the end, all that endures are the builders, and in the end even the builders are forgotten and all that endures are the ripples of what they built — and that's a good thing.