There's an infinite number of possibilities for you to create for yourself now, today, with no one to stop you but your own inertia.
speech graduation ambition
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015
You aren't here on earth to just go through the motions. If you love doing something, go after it with every part of your being.
speech graduation passion
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015
Make it about the power of we! Because, if you do, you'll have a lot more than 'things worth having' — you'll have 'a life worth living.' And you can write that one down in pen.
speech graduation empathy
Jon Bon Jovi
Rutgers University-Camden Commencement 2015, 2015
The one way to guarantee you're not going to be successful at something is to give up on it. Really ambitious goals — starting a theater company, running for Congress, opening an art gallery in Prague. These things are hard. But even the hardest goal is not that hard.
speech graduation perseverance
Ian Brennan
Loyola University Chicago Commencement 2015, 2015
Dare to say out loud the thing that you actually want and the hard part is actually over. Because then you'll start to make a plan, and when you have a plan, then you'll start to make that plan real.
speech graduation courage
Ian Brennan
Loyola University Chicago Commencement 2015, 2015
Never let others define you. Define yourselves.
speech graduation authenticity
Ed Helms
University of Virginia Commencement 2015, 2015
Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big, but remember, dreams without goals are just dreams. And they ultimately fuel disappointment.
speech graduation failure
Denzel Washington
Dillard University Commencement 2015, 2015
You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. I don't care how much money you make, you can't take it with you. It's not how much you have — it's what you do with what you have.
speech graduation legacy
Denzel Washington
Dillard University Commencement 2015, 2015
I implore you to never back away from fear, but instead, dive into it. I'm talking about the kind of inhibiting fear that erupts out of the idea of failure, or the possibility of making mistakes, and that nagging belief that you're actually a fraud and not good enough.
speech graduation courage
Brooke Shields
Fashion Institute of Technology Commencement 2015, 2015
Please do not twist yourselves into shapes to please. Don't do it. If someone likes that version of you, that version of you that is false and holds back, then they actually just like that twisted shape, and not you.
speech graduation authenticity
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Wellesley College Commencement 2015, 2015
You don't get redrawn in this life. You summon the hero, each day. On your best day.
speech graduation courage
Ron Suskind
Lewis & Clark College Commencement, 2015, 2015
There is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.
speech graduation perseverance
Jason Kilar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2015, 2015