There is one place you should not fail. That's with your family and your children.
speech graduation relationships
John Doerr
Rice University Commencement 2007, 2007
Find what you love, and do it. If you don't love what you're doing, you're dead.
speech graduation passion
Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007
From fear to freedom. That's it. To free yourself of the stuff that's been imposed on you.
speech graduation courage
Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007
Failure is merely a dress rehearsal for future success. The strength of your character comes not from how you react to your successes, but from how you react to your failures.
speech graduation failure
Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
We are all mortal. What divides us is the use we make of the time and opportunities we have.
speech graduation mortality
Madeleine Albright
Wellesley College Commencement 2007, 2007
Faith and reason are knitted together in the human soul. So don't leave home without either one.
speech graduation faith
Tony Snow
Catholic University of America Commencement, 2007, 2007
Make choices that will make you happy for a long time, rather than just focusing on the next two seconds.
speech graduation wisdom
Ray Sidney
Edwin O. Smith High School Commencement 2007, 2007
With hard work you can achieve great goals, but also know that there's more to life than just your career. If all you ever do is work, you will regret it.
speech graduation balance
Ray Sidney
Edwin O. Smith High School 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
Honor your calling. Don't worry about how successful you will be. Focus on how significant you can be in service, and the success will take care of itself.
speech graduation purpose
Oprah Winfrey
Howard University Commencement 2007, 2007
There is no substitute for hard work, for doing well at the job you're in.
speech graduation discipline
Katie Couric
Williams College Commencement 2007, 2007
Americans deserve more than tolerance from one another; we deserve each other's respect, whether we think each other right or wrong in our views, as long as our character and our sincerity merit respect.
speech graduation empathy
John McCain
Liberty University Commencement 2006, 2006