And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.
speech graduation courage
Naomi Wolf
Scripps College Commencement 1992, 1992
Never cook for or sleep with anyone who routinely puts you down.
speech graduation independence
Naomi Wolf
Scripps College Commencement 1992, 1992
Your B.A. does not belong to you alone, just as the earth does not belong to its present tenants alone. Your education was lent to you by women of the past, and you will give some back to living women, and to your daughters seven generations from now.
speech graduation legacy
Naomi Wolf
Scripps College Commencement 1992, 1992