Be afraid to fail. You should be so afraid of failure that you're willing to do anything to succeed.
speech graduation failure
Cody Keenan
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation 2015, 2015
The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am.' It's 'I know who I am not.' Process of elimination.
speech graduation self discovery
Matthew McConaughey
University of Houston Commencement 2015, 2015
We are linked, we are not ranked. We are linked with each other, we are linked with nature. And the paradigm becomes a circle, not a pyramid.
speech graduation justice
Gloria Steinem
Bennington College Commencement 2015, 2015
Get ready for my generation to tell you everything that can't be done. They should know — they can't be done. After all, we're the ones who didn't do them.
speech graduation courage
Stephen Colbert
Wake Forest University Commencement 2015, 2015
Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.
speech graduation resilience
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
Don't be afraid to fail. If you don't go, you'll never know. You just have to be bold and go out there and take your chances.
speech graduation failure
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
The opposite of love isn't hate. It isn't even indifference. It's fear.
speech graduation love
Mary Karr
Syracuse University Commencement 2015, 2015
Don't make the mistake of comparing your twisted up insides to other people's blow-dried outsides.
speech graduation authenticity
Mary Karr
Syracuse University Commencement 2015, 2015
If you can get curious about what scares or infuriates you, especially if it's part of yourself, you can get way less scared.
speech graduation curiosity
Mary Karr
Syracuse University Commencement 2015, 2015
There's an infinite number of possibilities for you to create for yourself now, today, with no one to stop you but your own inertia.
speech graduation ambition
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015
You aren't here on earth to just go through the motions. If you love doing something, go after it with every part of your being.
speech graduation passion
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015
Make your decisions in life based on love instead of fear. Let money be the byproduct of following your passion.
speech graduation passion
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015