Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.
speech graduation purpose
Rachel Maddow
Smith College Commencement 2010, 2010
I realized my mission in life was to learn more, not earn more.
speech graduation purpose
Julianna Margulies
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2010, 2010
Don't expect your ship to come in unless you sent one out.
speech graduation ambition
Douglas Smith
DeVry University Commencement 2010, 2010
Your necessary fire is not only necessary for you, it is necessary to the world itself.
speech graduation passion
Sue Monk Kidd
Scripps College Commencement, 2010, 2010
One of the more powerful outbreaks of happiness and meaning in your life will occur when you pair your passion and the world's need.
speech graduation passion
Sue Monk Kidd
Scripps College Commencement, 2010, 2010
The world is not going to issue you an engraved invitation to this life. You've already received an engraved invitation to this life. You've already been asked to attend.
speech graduation purpose
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010
Don't ever, ever have a job. Always, always have work.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
If you have 50 years left, or 50 days left, or even 50 minutes left, it's never too late to become what you might have been.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
Every other disappointment that happened... they were like guideposts that kept me on my path.
speech graduation resilience
Lisa Kudrow
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010
In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
speech graduation purpose
Jeff Bezos
Princeton University Commencement 2010, 2010
The greatest creative challenge is the struggle to be the architect of your own life. So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.
speech graduation patience
Wade Davis
Colorado College Commencement 2010, 2010