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Princeton University Commencement 2013, 2013
"Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game."
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
"I had to go and chop down that wood and build my own table. Then I had to invite the best there was to have a seat."
Princeton University Commencement 2010, 2010
"Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."
Coast Guard Academy Commencement 2021, 2021
"America is the only country in the world founded on an idea. Not a joke. The idea was: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal."
Montverde Academy Commencement 2015, 2015
"Take a minute and just enjoy life. Sniff those roses, you guys. Sniff deep. Don't just rush into life's next chapter. You just climbed a mountain — twelve years of nose to the grindstone."
UC San Diego Thurgood Marshall College Commencement 2013, 2013
"A sense of humor will be your life preserver in what could definitely be a veil of tears. Relish it. Cultivate it. It is vital to your existence."
Philadelphia University Commencement 2011, 2011
"The world is run by those who show up, not those who wait to be asked."
Harvard Business School Commencement 2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2012, 2012–2019
"Being ethical does not require a master's degree. It requires having a conscience and following it."
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
"Most people are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Delaying happiness along with gratification is quite another thing, because each milestone along your path ought to have its own form of happiness."
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2004, 2004
"The future is not fixed, it's fluid. You can build your own building, or hut or condo, whatever."
Pitzer College Commencement 2010, 2010
"Everyone is born an original, but sadly, most die copies."
Caltech Commencement 2000, 2000
"Right after graduation today, make a list of the people who don't believe in you. And you call them tonight, and tell them to go to hell!"
Loyola University New Orleans Commencement 2010, 2010
"Adversity is an opportunity. Adversity will make you stronger. Adversity will mold you into the person that you're meant to be."
Loyola University Chicago Commencement 2015, 2015
"You can't control how smart you are, how funny you are, how good-looking you are. The one thing you can control in your life is how hard you work."
Art Institute of California Commencement 2011, 2011
"Creativity is not something you are, it's something you do. You have to work at it."
Kalamazoo College Commencement 1988, 1988
"You have not earned the right to do less than your best."
University of Michigan Commencement 1988, 1988
"Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the Holy Book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose."
Connecticut College Commencement 1996, 1996
"This is your time. Take it on. Don't be afraid to lean into the wind, love the earth in all of its natural glories and take care of each other."