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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Commencement 2011, 2011
"We have stone-age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. These three stanchions of current civilization explain why we are constantly in trouble."
Colorado College Commencement 2019, Agnes Scott College Commencement 2017, Howard University Commencement 2007, 2007–2019
"Your life isn't some big break. It's about taking one significant life-transforming step at a time."
Scripps College Commencement 1992, 1992
"And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking."
Boston University Commencement 2000, 2000
"We live in an age in which ideas, important ideas, are worn like articles of fashion — and for precisely the same reason articles of fashion are worn, which is to make the wearer look better and to feel a la mode."
Penn State University Commencement 2001, 2001
"An individual was walking down the street and saw a gentleman chipping away on some stones. He said, 'What are you doing?' The gentleman grumbled, 'I'm building a stone wall.' He continued down the street and saw a second gentleman chipping stones. 'What are you doing?' This gentleman said, 'Well, I'm building a cathedral.'"
University of Hawaii Commencement 2009, 2009
"Success doesn't come from a high IQ or innate talent. It takes a willingness to work hard. There is just no substitute for hard work and relentless preparation."
New York University Commencement 2014, 2014
"A persistent curiosity can help us reach ambitious goals, even with great roadblocks in the way."
Harvard Law School Class Day 2023, 2023
"Learning how to fall teaches you how to land, and learning to land gives you the courage to jump higher."
Deerfield High School Commencement 2009, 2009
"We push ourselves through the week to get to the weekend. We have become 2/7ths people, only really living 2 days out of the 7 in a week. Things can be different. We can become 7/7ths people. And thereby become whole."
Bates College Commencement 2009, 2009
"It is much easier to describe the structural challenges we face than to describe the human response to those challenges that will change history."
MIT Commencement 2004, 2004
"It's not deadly to ask stupid questions. What's deadly is to not ask the right question at the right time."
Caltech Commencement 2011, 2011
"Success comes to the prepared mind. Success is not like rain that falls from the sky equally upon everyone. Success is what you reap when you sow with passion and optimism."
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement 2003, 2003
"It doesn't matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. Whatever happens happens now, so live your life where the action is — now."
Harvard University Commencement 2017, 2017
"Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness."