In some ways, you've always been a creature of chaos. The complications of Act II, which will tip all you have been before into chaos, have been set up and abetted by really clever foreshadowing in Act I, by all those slippery you's over the years.
speech graduation self discovery
Colson Whitehead
Connecticut College Commencement 2017, 2017
Act III is everything. No matter the strength of the foundation, the assorted catastrophes of the Second Act, if we don't have Act III, we're really in trouble. Will the heroine pull it out in the end, or does she falter?
speech graduation resilience
Colson Whitehead
Connecticut College Commencement 2017, 2017
The universe may seem like a lonely place sometimes, but there are as many you's as there are stars in the sky. Maybe one of them will step up at the right time and tell you what to make of it all.
speech graduation self discovery
Colson Whitehead
Connecticut College Commencement 2017, 2017
Don't be afraid of fear. Throw caution to the winds, look fear straight-away in its ugly face, and barge forward. And when you get past it, turn around and give it a good swift kick in the ass.
speech graduation courage
Helen Mirren
Tulane University Commencement 2017, 2017
The trick is to listen to your instinct, grab the opportunity when it presents itself, and then give it your all. Like a hangover, neither triumphs nor disasters last forever. They both pass and a new day arrives.
speech graduation courage
Helen Mirren
Tulane University Commencement 2017, 2017
You are my other self. We are one. I am another yourself. The Mayans just had a more beautiful way of saying we're all in this together.
speech graduation empathy
Helen Mirren
Tulane University Commencement 2017, 2017
It's hard to fail 10 times in a row.
speech graduation failure
Steven Levitan
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement, 2017, 2017
Succeed or fail on your own terms.
speech graduation authenticity
Steven Levitan
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement, 2017, 2017
It's hard to live up to your potential when you don't like what you do.
speech graduation passion
Steven Levitan
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement, 2017, 2017
Keep chasing those moments where you discover something new about your voice. Don't ever let that end.
speech graduation self discovery
Octavia Spencer
Kent State University Commencement 2017, 2017
You define your value. No one else.
speech graduation authenticity
Octavia Spencer
Kent State University Commencement 2017, 2017
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, but leave a trail.
speech graduation courage
Octavia Spencer
Kent State University Commencement 2017, 2017