Ubuntu — it means 'I am because of you.' Success in business and in life is best when it's shared.
speech graduation empathy
Howard Schultz
Arizona State University Commencement 2017, 2017
Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness.
speech graduation purpose
Mark Zuckerberg
Harvard University Commencement 2017, 2017
Greatness isn't about bragging. It's about doing. It's about never being satisfied. It's about testing the limits of what we can achieve together.
speech graduation ambition
John F. Kerry
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
Remember always what Nelson Mandela said: 'All the hardest jobs seem impossible until they are done.'
speech graduation perseverance
John F. Kerry
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
The bus that you drive, make sure it's the right one. Make sure you only let good people on it. Good people will make you better.
speech graduation relationships
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
We have no rules, only standards: communication, truth, support, enthusiasm, and to win and lose together.
speech graduation leadership
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
You took a half-swing on this. Take a full swing.
speech graduation courage
Cody Keenan
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation 2015, 2015
Cynicism is easy. Anyone can do it. Change is hard. That takes us.
speech graduation perseverance
Cody Keenan
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation 2015, 2015
In bringing the president to me, in having me speak to and question a shaper of history and experience the value he saw in my view, Harvard would make me feel I too could be him. I too had the power to shape history and not just be passively shaped by it.
speech graduation education
Sarah Abushaar
Harvard University Commencement 2014, 2014
In every life, there will be crucial moments when having the courage to stand up for what you believe will be immensely important.
speech graduation courage
Janet Yellen
New York University Commencement 2014, 2014
If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible.
speech graduation responsibility
David Remnick
Syracuse University Commencement 2014, 2014
What would you do if you weren't afraid? Take a moment and ask yourself that question. And then go do it.
speech graduation courage
Sheryl Sandberg
City Colleges of Chicago Commencement 2014, 2014