Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
speech graduation authenticity
Bill Watterson
Kenyon College Commencement 1990, 1990
A cleaner neighborhood begins with your own broom. A more beautiful city begins with a seed in your own garden. A more just society begins in your own heart.
speech graduation responsibility
Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson
University of Virginia Commencement 1973, 1973
The important thing is to miss as little as possible and to share as much.
speech graduation gratitude
Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson
University of Virginia Commencement 1973, 1973