If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness.
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Brad Meltzer
University of Michigan Commencement 2024, 2024
Use your fear. Harness it. Let them underestimate you. In the end, don't vanquish your critics — prove them wrong.
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Brad Meltzer
University of Michigan Commencement 2024, 2024
I learned not to be disillusioned by failure, not to be burdened by perfection, and not to be intimidated by greatness.
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John McEnroe
Stanford University Commencement, 2023
Measure your success by how much you evolve, not necessarily how much you win.
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John McEnroe
Stanford University Commencement, 2023
Pick what you think is the best path and just move forward.
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Mark Rober
MIT Commencement 2023, 2023
Embrace your inexperience and keep taking leaps forward.
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Mark Rober
MIT Commencement 2023, 2023
Anybody can toss their hat in the air. But few have dared to make it actually fly.
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Mark Rober
MIT Commencement 2023, 2023
Feel whatever you feel, all that you feel, and then keep going.
speech graduation resilience
Idina Menzel
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2023, 2023
Channel your emotion into determination. Find exhilaration in the repetition. And put all of yourself into this role of a lifetime.
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Idina Menzel
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2023, 2023
The power of America's military not only rests on our technology, our weaponry, our hardware. It rests on the character and the resolve of our people.
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Kamala Harris
U.S. Military Academy at West Point Commencement 2023, 2023
Learning how to fall teaches you how to land, and learning to land gives you the courage to jump higher.
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Michelle Yeoh
Harvard Law School Class Day 2023, 2023
When falling, the tendency is to tighten up, to brace for impact. But in truth, the safest thing one can do is remain calm — even curious about the shifting world around you.
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Michelle Yeoh
Harvard Law School Class Day 2023, 2023