Dream big. Envision yourself. You can be a leader in your industry, or you can be the leader of a state. There is nothing stopping you.
speech graduation ambition
Kathy Hochul
Syracuse University Commencement 2021, 2021
Only love can give you the power to take on these kinds of odds.
speech graduation love
John Legend
Duke University Commencement 2021, 2021
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.
speech graduation independence
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
To all those who feel different, if you're part of a group that's called 'other,' a group that does not get the chance to be center stage — build your own stage and make them see you.
speech graduation courage
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
Don't just dream about what you're going to do. Don't criticize somebody else for what they're not doing. You be it. Be about it. Be about that action and go do it.
speech graduation courage
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
The challenges we face go well beyond a virus, and the old normal wasn't good enough.
speech graduation justice
Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
You don't have to accept what was considered normal before. You don't have to accept the world as it is. You can make it into the world as it should be and could be. You can create a new normal.
speech graduation courage
Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
Whatever you do with your life, be a builder.
purpose ambition humility
Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement, 2019
Build your tribe. They will keep you alive.
speech graduation relationships
Kristen Bell
USC School of Dramatic Arts Commencement 2019, 2019
Whatever you do with your life, be a builder. Builders are comfortable in the belief that their life's work will one day be bigger than them — bigger than any one person.
speech graduation humility
Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement 2019, 2019
I'm as much a capitalist as you will ever find, but anyone who believes that unfettered capitalism works hasn't read history.
speech graduation economics
Michael Bloomberg
Harvard Business School Commencement 2019, 2019
Nothing replaces actually doing the work. Greatness is born out of the grind, so embrace the grind.
speech graduation discipline
Robert F. Smith
Morehouse College Commencement 2019, 2019