If no one would give me a chance as a reporter, I should take a chance. If no one would give me an opportunity, I would have to make my own opportunity.
speech graduation courage
Anderson Cooper
Tulane University Commencement 2010, 2010
The world is not going to issue you an engraved invitation to this life. You've already received an engraved invitation to this life. You've already been asked to attend.
speech graduation purpose
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That's where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.
speech graduation courage
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010
This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really there is no normal. There's only change, and resistance to it, and then more change.
speech graduation growth
Meryl Streep
Barnard College Commencement 2010, 2010
If you have 50 years left, or 50 days left, or even 50 minutes left, it's never too late to become what you might have been.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
Listen to that inner voice. It's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime.
speech graduation follow your heart
Lisa Kudrow
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they're given after all. Choices can be hard.
speech graduation empathy
Jeff Bezos
Princeton University Commencement 2010, 2010
Of all the things you do in life or all the questions you ponder, I would like you to keep kindness at the top of the list.
speech graduation empathy
Jamie Hyneman
Villanova University Commencement 2010, 2010
A career is not something that you put on like a coat. It is something that grows organically around you, step by step, choice by choice, and experience by experience.
speech graduation career
Wade Davis
Colorado College Commencement 2010, 2010
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.
speech graduation patience
Wade Davis
Colorado College 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.
speech graduation love
Cory Booker
Pitzer College Commencement 2010, 2010