Graduation

Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.

A change in the world that seems so clear you're sure someone else will do it. But they won't. You will.

May the source of strength, who blessed the ones before us, help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing.

My fear of failure never approached in magnitude my fear of what if. What if I never tried at all?

No matter how cliché it may sound, you will never truly be successful until you learn to give beyond yourself. Empathy and kindness are the true signs of emotional intelligence.

Trust your gut, keep throwing darts at the dartboard. Don't listen to the critics and you will figure it out.

The real world doesn't reward rule followers the way the educational world does and the real world is not always merit-based. The institutions and organizations we yield to and trust in to support our success, whether they be employers or government, are flawed.

You are the only one who can create the life you want and you may have to break some rules to do that. You are the only one who can create a system that's going to work for you and that needs to start right now.

When big decisions pop up, get quiet, real quiet and listen. Turn off your phone, turn off your computer and listen to your true heart. Hear the thing that makes you feel sick with excitement and scares you because you know you will learn — and do that thing.

Looking back at my ambition to become a lawyer, it looks less like a plan for the future and more like an alibi for the present.

At this moment in your life you know fewer limits, fewer taboos and fewer fears than you will ever in the future. So do not squander your ignorance.

Live each day as if you will live forever.