Purpose

Pursuing your dream, I believe, is the path you should follow. If you follow that road, you might not end up at your dream, but you will end up doing something that gives you immense satisfaction.

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.

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.

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.

Life will not be easy, but you will have chosen for yourself a very meaningful adventure.

Let your dreams be your only limitations.

For many of you, this may be your proudest achievement. I don't believe that. Class of 2012, your proudest moments are the ones you've yet to come across.

Raise the rest of your life to meet you. Don't search for defining moments because they will never come. The moments that define you have already happened. And they will already happen again. And it passes so quickly.

No one knows what challenges this Millennial Generation may eventually be asked to bear. Hardly anyone expects them to become America's next greatest generation. But someday you can say you heard it from me: that is their destiny.

So fight to make a difference in this world. Fight for good. Fight for fairness. Fight on!

Hold fast to your dreams, for when dreams die, life is like a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

The great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself. The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that you're not special. Because everyone is.