You don't outgrow art. The same work can mean something different at each stage of your life.
speech graduation arts
Dana Gioia
Stanford University Commencement 2007, 2007
There is one place you should not fail. That's with your family and your children.
speech graduation relationships
John Doerr
Rice University Commencement 2007, 2007
A lot of people have worked awfully hard to help give you the education of a lifetime. Now it's up to you to decide what to do with it.
speech graduation gratitude
John Doerr
Rice University Commencement 2007, 2007
Find what you love, and do it. If you don't love what you're doing, you're dead.
speech graduation passion
Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007
From fear to freedom. That's it. To free yourself of the stuff that's been imposed on you.
speech graduation courage
Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
speech graduation independence
Jennie Cyran
Niagara University Commencement 2007, 2007
Graduation is a time for us to celebrate all of our achievements, but don't stop there. Don't forget to dream big, go far, and never stop learning.
speech graduation ambition
Jennie Cyran
Niagara University Commencement 2007, 2007
You know you have a Vincentian heart when you see hope where others feel despair, and light where others see only darkness.
speech graduation empathy
Jennie Cyran
Niagara University Commencement 2007, 2007
Between chutzpah and humility lies success. The biggest killer of a good mind is to stick it in a fat head.
speech graduation humility
Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
Failure is merely a dress rehearsal for future success. The strength of your character comes not from how you react to your successes, but from how you react to your failures.
speech graduation failure
Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
Following that dream, listening to that little voice, does not guarantee success. Luck is an ingredient not to be overlooked.
speech graduation passion
Eric Carle
Bates College Commencement 2007, 2007
Be kind to others. This is the conclusion of the wise old man on top of the mountain.
speech graduation empathy
Eric Carle
Bates College Commencement 2007, 2007