You don't need the answers today. Your job is to walk out into the unknown and see what happens. Take your time, learn and enjoy something from each job, layer it on, and then pass it along so others can benefit from your wisdom.
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Jerry Yang
University of Hawaii Commencement 2009, 2009
Failure will teach you things that you can learn no place else. How else will you know yourself or the strength of your friendships until both have been tested by adversity?
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Jonathan Youshaei
Deerfield High School Commencement 2009, 2009
Trust yourself. Dig deep down and ask yourselves, who do you want to be? Not what, but who.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
University of Southern California Commencement 2009, 2009
You cannot authentically live anyone's life but your own. That is the deal life offers us.
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Gabrielle Giffords
Scripps College Commencement 2009, 2009
Find the courage to do things you are not ready to do. Doing something you are not ready to do isn't comfortable. But in pushing through this discomfort you will learn a lot more about yourself.
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Marissa Mayer
Illinois Institute of Technology Commencement 2009, 2009
Your heart knows the answers to these questions. It is whispering to you right now. Listen to it and follow it. It will always be your best guide in life.
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John Mackey
Bentley College Commencement 2008, 2008
Dreams have no boundaries if you learn to read the signs of life.
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Angela Ahrendts
Ball State University Commencement 2008, 2008
Who am I, really? All of us have easy public answers to the identity question. But we also know, deep inside, that these are just the superficial, transitory expressions of who we are.
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Clayborne Carson
Niagara University Commencement 2008, 2008
What is failure? If I stayed, that would be failure. I had to be true to myself. You've got to listen to the voice in your gut. It is individual. It is unique. It is yours. It's called being authentic.
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Meredith Vieira
Tufts University Commencement 2008, 2008
The only formula is that there is no formula. There is no easy way to get from point A to point B, nor is there any right way.
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Meredith Vieira
Tufts University Commencement 2008, 2008
Create your own definition of success. Don't let it be judged or guided by someone else's measurements, by someone else's expectations or limitations.
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Jessica Lange
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2008, 2008
From fear to freedom. That's it. To free yourself of the stuff that's been imposed on you.
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Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007