Bold

Right after graduation today, make a list of the people who don't believe in you. And you call them tonight, and tell them to go to hell!

The only limits that really matter are the ones you put on yourself, and in those crucial moments when you know what you need to do but others advise against it — know yourself, trust your whole self, and don't blink.

When a door is hard to open, and if nothing else works, sometimes you just have to rear back and kick it open.

There is not a page of American history, of which we are proud, that was authored by a chronic complainer or prophet of despair. We are doers.

We have a responsibility not to be prisoners of history, but to shape history; a responsibility to fill the role of pathfinder.

This is your time. Take it on. Don't be afraid to lean into the wind, love the earth in all of its natural glories and take care of each other.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.

Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there.

Pride is precisely what will lead the world to hell. I am suggesting an alternative: humbly accepting our responsibility for the world.

Recognize your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself.

The only way sexism can truly harm you is if you get used to it. Don't ever get used to it.

And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.