I have always had a half-baked philosophy that having a plan B can muddy up your plan A.
speech graduation courage
Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014
So let your heart break. It will change what you do with your optimism.
speech graduation empathy
Melinda Gates
Stanford University Commencement 2014, 2014
Ideally, we lose ourselves in what we read only to return to ourselves transformed, and part of a more expansive world.
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Judith Butler
McGill University Honorary Doctorate Address 2013, 2013
The first steps toward non-violence, which is surely an absolute obligation we all bear, is to begin to think carefully and to ask others to do the same.
speech graduation empathy
Judith Butler
McGill University Honorary Doctorate Address 2013, 2013
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.
speech graduation purpose
Barack Obama
Morehouse College Commencement 2013, 2013
Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.
speech graduation balance
Wynton Marsalis
University of Vermont Commencement 2013, 2013
Though there is much of life that you must face alone, you cannot make it out here in this world by yourself. Don't leave your support system when you are in distress.
speech graduation relationships
Wynton Marsalis
University of Vermont Commencement 2013, 2013
Being in nature gave me an unbelievable confidence in myself. I found a beauty, strength, and an inner peace that I never knew was present.
speech graduation nature
Stephen R. Kellert
University of Western Sydney Commencement 2013, 2013
Life is a struggle with uncertain outcomes. Nonetheless, the natural world remains the substrate on which we must build our existence.
speech graduation nature
Stephen R. Kellert
University of Western Sydney Commencement 2013, 2013
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
speech graduation nature
Stephen R. Kellert
University of Western Sydney Commencement 2013, 2013
Your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.
speech graduation empathy
George Saunders
Syracuse University Convocation 2013, 2013
Real happiness has very much to do with our emotion, not money. Everybody wants a happy life, happy family, happy community. So please pay some attention about our inner value.
speech graduation gratitude
Dalai Lama
Tulane University Commencement 2013, 2013