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
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.
speech graduation patience
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.
speech graduation self discovery
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.
speech graduation carpe diem
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.
speech graduation wisdom
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.
speech graduation empathy
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.
speech graduation mortality
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.
speech graduation discipline
John Walsh
Wheaton College Commencement 2000, 2000