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We have no rules, only standards: communication, truth, support, enthusiasm, and to win and lose together.

Failure or any kind of setback is not a destination. There was something good about being knocked down, as long as it wasn't your destination.

This act of choosing — the stories we tell versus the stories we leave out — will reverberate across the rest of your life.

You are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives. The stories you are about to live are the ones you will be telling your children and grandchildren and therapists.

Graduates, you're on your own. Figure it out. I believe in you. Believe in yourselves! The world is starving for new leadership, new ideas.

An answer can only be as good as the question asked.

And did you get what you wanted out of life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved. To feel beloved on the earth.

If you calm down, you will know what your instincts are telling you and you'll know which way, right or wrong, that you must proceed.

Don't be so focused in your plans that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. The most exciting parts of your life aren't even on your radar screen.

Our stories are ladders that make it easier for us to touch the stars. So climb and grab them. Keep climbing. Grab them.

There is one measure of civilization and it comes down to how people treat each other. Kindness is the basic ingredient.

Home is not where you are from. Home is where you are needed.