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University of Western Sydney Commencement 2013, 2013
"Being in nature gave me an unbelievable confidence in myself. I found a beauty, strength, and an inner peace that I never knew was present."
American University Commencement 1963, 1963
"Our problems are manmade — therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings."
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
"Greatness isn't about bragging. It's about doing. It's about never being satisfied. It's about testing the limits of what we can achieve together."
Desert Academy Commencement 2010, 2010
"You are about to experience the first taste of freedom in your life and that won't be freedom from your parents. You are about to be free from yourself, your old self, the self of your youth. You are, in many ways, about to be born."
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Commencement 2012, 2012
"The best way to make people feel that you're listening to them is to listen to them."
Sweet Briar College Commencement 1994, 1994
"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."
Scripps College Commencement, 2010, 2010
"Your necessary fire is not only necessary for you, it is necessary to the world itself."
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2015, 2015
"Adversity is a necessary and important part of life. Adversity strengthens each of us in ways that success cannot."
Vassar College Commencement 2001, 2001
"We come in naked and broke. We may be dressed when we go out, but we're just as broke."
Morehouse College Commencement 1959, 1959
"The great challenge facing every individual graduating today is to remain awake through great periods of social change."
Duke University Commencement 2008, 2008
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides."
Trine University Commencement 2010, 2010
"Everything worthwhile is hard. Some sacrifices aren't worthwhile."
San Jose State University Commencement 2007, 2007
"Don't let anybody tell you that there's some obstacle that you can't overcome or some dream that you cannot realize."
UC Santa Barbara Humanities and Fine Arts Commencement 2016, 2016
"I learned that unlikely events — the things we say could never happen to us — happen all the time, because there are so many possible unlikely events that a few of them will happen."
Brown University Baccalaureate 2019, 2019
"People often ask me how I got into acting. The truth is I didn't get into acting. I got into everything."
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Commencement 2011, 2011
"Think about not waiting your turn. Instead, think about getting together with friends that you admire, people you envy. Think about not waiting for a company to call you up."
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
"The bus that you drive, make sure it's the right one. Make sure you only let good people on it. Good people will make you better."
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010
"When one door closes, another door always opens. It really does."