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The greatest creative challenge is the struggle to be the architect of your own life. So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.
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Wade Davis

Colorado College Commencement 2010, 2010

You don't need the answers today. Your job is to walk out into the unknown and see what happens. Take your time, learn and enjoy something from each job, layer it on, and then pass it along so others can benefit from your wisdom.
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Jerry Yang

University of Hawaii Commencement 2009, 2009

The first five minutes of the game does not decide the outcome. It never does.
speech graduation perseverance

Mike Tomlin

Saint Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008

The only formula is that there is no formula. There is no easy way to get from point A to point B, nor is there any right way.
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Meredith Vieira

Tufts University Commencement 2008, 2008

Be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you, because ultimately your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.
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Jessica Lange

Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2008, 2008

The first five minutes of the game does not decide the outcome. It never does.
speech graduation perseverance

Mike Tomlin

St. Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008

Make choices that will make you happy for a long time, rather than just focusing on the next two seconds.
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Ray Sidney

Edwin O. Smith High School Commencement 2007, 2007

There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. Wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become.
speech graduation self discovery

Jodie Foster

University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2006, 2006

Ease up on yourselves. Have some compassion for yourself as well as for others. There's no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.
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Doug Marlette

Durham Academy Commencement 2005, 2005

The biggest mistake you can make is to be complacent and think that you have lots of extra time on your hands. You might, but you also might not.
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Ruth Westheimer

Trinity College Commencement 2004, 2004

It doesn't matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. Whatever happens happens now, so live your life where the action is — now.
speech graduation carpe diem

Jerry Zucker

University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement 2003, 2003

Do one thing at a time. Give each experience all your attention. Try to resist being distracted by other sights and sounds, other thoughts and tasks, and when it is, guide your mind back to what you're doing.
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John Walsh

Wheaton College Commencement 2000, 2000