A rich life is a balanced life. Don't focus too early on your career. Deviate a bit. Embrace change.
speech graduation balance
Larry Lucchino
Boston University Commencement 2008, 2008
Allow life to take you on its glorious journey. The best time to do it is now, when you're young and full of curiosity and have no fear.
speech graduation curiosity
Jessica Lange
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2008, 2008
And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
speech graduation failure
J.K. Rowling
Harvard University Commencement 2008, 2008
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
speech graduation failure
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University 'The Last Lecture' 2007, 2007
When you're screwing up and nobody's saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
speech graduation growth
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University 'The Last Lecture' 2007, 2007
Honor your curiosity. It is one of the most powerful forces you possess.
speech graduation curiosity
Alice Greenwald
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2007, 2007
Don't be defined or limited by the steps you've taken in life or the degree you've chosen.
speech graduation growth
Omid Kordestani
San Jose State University Commencement 2007, 2007
You don't outgrow art. The same work can mean something different at each stage of your life.
speech graduation arts
Dana Gioia
Stanford University Commencement 2007, 2007
Graduation is a time for us to celebrate all of our achievements, but don't stop there. Don't forget to dream big, go far, and never stop learning.
speech graduation ambition
Jennie Cyran
Niagara University Commencement 2007, 2007
Graduate now. We are pushing you out of the tub, out of the nest, out into the world, a world which we think that you will find is at least your older brother and a place where you belong.
speech graduation new beginnings
Paul Hamer
Park Tudor School Commencement 2007, 2007
Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you to another, how one twist of fate, good or bad, brings you to a door that later takes you to another door.
speech graduation self discovery
Ann Patchett
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2006, 2006
Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day like a photograph coming into focus, like a color that becomes more vivid in contrast with its surroundings.
speech graduation self discovery
Jodie Foster
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2006, 2006