Every single now is the rest of your life.
speech graduation carpe diem
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.
speech graduation empathy
Meryl Streep
Barnard College Commencement 2010, 2010
Don't ever, ever have a job. Always, always have work.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
Do not confuse your net worth with your self-worth.
speech graduation humility
Chris Gardner
UC Berkeley Commencement 2009, 2009
You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
speech graduation pay it forward
Arnold Schwarzenegger
University of Southern California Commencement 2009, 2009
Things can kill you. So just keep that in mind, you fearless know-it-alls.
speech graduation mortality
Eugene Mirman
Lexington High School Commencement 2009, 2009
Being average doesn't mean you can't have an effect on the world.
speech graduation humility
Anthony Corvino
Binghamton University Commencement 2009, 2009
Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.
speech graduation mortality
Rahm Emanuel
George Washington University Commencement 2009, 2009
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
If we stop remembering, we stop being.
speech graduation legacy
Alice Greenwald
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2007, 2007
You make meaning in life through others.
speech graduation relationships
John Doerr
Rice University Commencement 2007, 2007
Don't think less of someone just because their background differs from yours.
speech graduation empathy
Ray Sidney
Edwin O. Smith High School Commencement 2007, 2007