All work and no imagination will most definitely make you an under-performer. Do you have the imagination to see yourself doing something truly exceptional?
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Jim Steen
Kenyon College Commencement 2011, 2011
There's a lesson in this: never start out asking for someone you'd eventually settle for.
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Terry Teachout
Rollins College Hamilton Holt School Commencement 2011, 2011
It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting — not your grade point average.
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Steve Blank
Philadelphia University Commencement 2011, 2011
No one ever sets out to fail. But being afraid to fail means you'll be afraid to try. Playing it safe will get you nowhere.
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Steve Blank
Philadelphia University Commencement 2011, 2011
Live in the present. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift — that's why it is called the present.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz
West Chester University Commencement 2011, 2011
The purpose in life is not to find yourself. It's to lose yourself.
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David Brooks
Rice University Commencement 2011, 2011
Creativity is not something you are, it's something you do. You have to work at it.
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Tom Brinck
Art Institute of California Commencement 2011, 2011
Bring your own vision to your work and look for ways you can give something to the world. Inspire people. Make a difference.
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Tom Brinck
Art Institute of California Commencement 2011, 2011
Do good for people. Learn about people. Have passion for people, and you'll always be happy with your art and with yourselves.
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Tom Brinck
Art Institute of California Commencement 2011, 2011
Life is too short to let the world we experience be restricted by our own limited vision.
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Sergio Marchionne
University of Toledo Commencement 2011, 2011
The essence of leadership, when all is said and done, is the personal assumption of the moral duty to be proactive in building our future.
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Sergio Marchionne
University of Toledo Commencement 2011, 2011
Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out.
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Biz Stone
Babson College Commencement 2011, 2011