I hope you find that sense of mission. Don't turn away from what's painful. Examine it. Challenge it.
speech graduation purpose
Steven Spielberg
Harvard University Commencement, 2016, 2016
The only answer to more hate is more humanity. We gotta replace fear with curiosity.
speech graduation empathy
Steven Spielberg
Harvard University Commencement, 2016, 2016
You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.
speech graduation resilience
Sheryl Sandberg
UC Berkeley Commencement, 2016, 2016
Option A is not available. So let's just kick the shit out of option B.
speech graduation resilience
Sheryl Sandberg
UC Berkeley Commencement, 2016, 2016
Love is not like mass or energy — it is not conserved.
speech graduation love
John Green
Kenyon College Commencement 2016, 2016
Enjoy today, because it only happens once. And this has been one hell of a ride.
speech graduation gratitude
John Cena
Cushing Academy Commencement 2015, 2015
You shouldn't let failure define you, but instead you should let failure refine you.
speech graduation failure
Bernard Harris
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Commencement 2015, 2015
Say Yes. Say Yes, And… and create your own destiny.
speech graduation courage
Maya Rudolph
Tulane University Commencement 2015, 2015
The stumbler doesn't build her life by being better than others, but by being better than she used to be.
speech graduation growth
Ed Helms
University of Virginia Commencement 2015, 2015
Every day, wake up and say to yourself, this little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine.
speech graduation courage
Ed Helms
University of Virginia Commencement 2015, 2015
Half of what you have belongs to those who need it. If you're successful, make the people around you successful.
speech graduation pay it forward
Paul Saginaw
University of Michigan Commencement 2015, 2015
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity.
speech graduation courage
Ari Weinzweig
University of Michigan Commencement 2015, 2015