When given the choice between fame and glory, take glory. Glory has a way of sneaking up on fame and stealing its lunch money later anyway.
speech graduation purpose
Rachel Maddow
Smith College Commencement 2010, 2010
I realized my mission in life was to learn more, not earn more.
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Julianna Margulies
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2010, 2010
The things which seem like heartbreaking setbacks sometimes turn out to be lucky breaks.
speech graduation resilience
Anderson Cooper
Tulane University Commencement 2010, 2010
If no one would give me a chance as a reporter, I should take a chance. If no one would give me an opportunity, I would have to make my own opportunity.
speech graduation courage
Anderson Cooper
Tulane University Commencement 2010, 2010
Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you do want to do.
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Anderson Cooper
Tulane University Commencement 2010, 2010
Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell 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
Listen to that inner voice. It's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime.
speech graduation follow your heart
Lisa Kudrow
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010
All the greatness you may achieve in your career doesn't amount to a whole lot if your personal life is a mess.
speech graduation balance
Jamie Hyneman
Villanova University Commencement 2010, 2010
A career is not something that you put on like a coat. It is something that grows organically around you, step by step, choice by choice, and experience by experience.
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Wade Davis
Colorado College Commencement 2010, 2010
For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.
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Tim Cook
Auburn University Commencement 2010, 2010
When there are better players around you, you get better.
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Marissa Mayer
Illinois Institute of Technology Commencement 2009, 2009