A much simpler way to get to the top is to sleep your way to the top. And I mean that literally.
speech graduation balance
Arianna Huffington
Smith College Commencement 2013, 2013
Don't buy society's definition of success. Because it's not working for anyone. It's not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not working for polar bears.
speech graduation authenticity
Arianna Huffington
Smith College Commencement 2013, 2013
Decisions are made by those who show up.
speech graduation responsibility
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks. Dare to fail. Remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.
speech graduation courage
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. There are some screwups headed your way. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
speech graduation failure
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.
speech graduation purpose
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
The more I thought about myself, the weaker I became. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I became.
speech graduation purpose
Eric Greitens
Tufts University Commencement 2012, 2012
The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need.
speech graduation purpose
Eric Greitens
Tufts University Commencement 2012, 2012
Life will not be easy, but you will have chosen for yourself a very meaningful adventure.
speech graduation courage
Eric Greitens
Tufts University Commencement 2012, 2012
It ain't where you start in life, it's where you end up and what you did along the way.
speech graduation perseverance
Colin Powell
Northeastern University Commencement 2012, 2012
Education does begin in the home, not in the schools. In the first weeks of life, there comes a moment when a child hears its mother's voice and knows that it's his mother. At that point, the brain shuts out all other languages and only listens to the mother's language. At that moment, education begins.
speech graduation education
Colin Powell
Northeastern University Commencement 2012, 2012
Let your dreams be your only limitations.
speech graduation ambition
Colin Powell
Northeastern University Commencement 2012, 2012