To accomplish great things we must dream as well as act.
speech graduation ambition
Leonard A. Lauder
Connecticut College Commencement 1989, 1989
Chaos is often the first step in the creative process. Don't be afraid of not knowing. The act of searching is as important as the act of finding.
speech graduation creativity
Meredith Monk
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 1985, 1985
The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.
speech graduation passion
Meryl Streep
Vassar College Commencement 1983, 1983
The center of the self, itself, is this secret, obsessive, often silly, nearly continuous voice — the voice that is the surest sign we are alive.
speech graduation self discovery
William H. Gass
Washington University Commencement 1979, 1979
You cannot tell from appearances how things will go. Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are; yet without imagination not much can be done.
speech graduation courage
Winston Churchill
Harrow School Address 1941, 1941