While doing new things is difficult, it is far from impossible.
speech graduation ambition
Peter Thiel
Hamilton College Commencement 2016, 2016
Turn toward the problems you see.
speech graduation courage
Matt Damon
MIT Commencement 2016, 2016
Today is not the day you switch from receive to transmit. Once you do that, your education is over. And your education should never be over.
speech graduation education
Matt Damon
MIT Commencement 2016, 2016
The world is more interconnected than ever before, and it's becoming more connected every day. Building walls won't change that.
speech graduation empathy
Barack Obama
Rutgers University Commencement 2016, 2016
Remember always what Nelson Mandela said: 'All the hardest jobs seem impossible until they are done.'
speech graduation perseverance
John F. Kerry
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
You're about to embark on careers that will take many of you to companies not yet founded, using devices not yet developed, based on ideas not yet conceived. That is how fast things are moving.
speech graduation innovation
John F. Kerry
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
The last person to hold you accountable is you yourself. If you allow others to tell you your worth, you will have given up on yourself.
speech graduation discipline
Rita Dove
University of Virginia Commencement 2016, 2016
The bus that you drive, make sure it's the right one. Make sure you only let good people on it. Good people will make you better.
speech graduation relationships
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
We have no rules, only standards: communication, truth, support, enthusiasm, and to win and lose together.
speech graduation leadership
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
Failure or any kind of setback is not a destination. There was something good about being knocked down, as long as it wasn't your destination.
speech graduation failure
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke University Commencement 2016, 2016
Graduates, you're on your own. Figure it out. I believe in you. Believe in yourselves! The world is starving for new leadership, new ideas.
speech graduation courage
Kenneth Kosik
UC Santa Barbara Humanities and Fine Arts Commencement 2016, 2016
Don't be so focused in your plans that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. The most exciting parts of your life aren't even on your radar screen.
speech graduation growth
Elizabeth Warren
Suffolk University Commencement 2016, 2016