The essence of leadership, when all is said and done, is the personal assumption of the moral duty to be proactive in building our future.
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Sergio Marchionne
University of Toledo Commencement 2011, 2011
Nobody remembers the naysayers. In the end, all that endures are the builders, and in the end even the builders are forgotten and all that endures are the ripples of what they built — and that's a good thing.
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Bill Clinton
Yale University Class Day 2010, 2010
Carry on. Carry us with you. Continue the revolution. Know that we are right beside you.
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Lynn Sherr
Wellesley College Commencement 2010, 2010
In everything you do in life, leave your mark. Be a great steward of the community and to society, and understand that part of your purpose in life is to leave whatever you touch better than when you found it.
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Drew Brees
Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010
Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.
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Rachel Maddow
Smith College Commencement 2010, 2010
Build a good name. Let your name radiate yourself, magnify who you are, your good deeds, your code of honor. Build your name and as you go through life, your name will serve you.
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Patti Smith
Pratt Institute Commencement 2010, 2010
Be different, be smart, but most of all accept that heavy torch from me and my generation: be the future. Believe that within you is the ability to always make it a better place than this one.
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Porochista Khakpour
Desert Academy Commencement 2010, 2010
In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
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Jeff Bezos
Princeton University Commencement 2010, 2010
What you put out in this universe does not die. You may be taken from this earth, people may forget your name, but your love will live forever.
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Cory Booker
Pitzer College Commencement 2010, 2010
You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
University of Southern California Commencement 2009, 2009
It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all love and faith.
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Fareed Zakaria
Bates College Commencement 2009, 2009
You will quickly find that true success is measured in how you play the game of life.
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Mike Tomlin
Saint Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008