Every single now is the rest of your life.
speech graduation carpe diem
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
The world is not going to issue you an engraved invitation to this life. You've already received an engraved invitation to this life. You've already been asked to attend.
speech graduation purpose
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That's where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.
speech graduation courage
Sarah Heidt
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
Do more than just dream; create a vision. When you dream you are in an unconscious state. It ends. You wake up. It's not real. You need to create a vision. This takes determination, and a plan that takes your dream to a destination.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010
Don't let yourself get comfortable. Avoid the comfort zone. Being uncomfortable will motivate you and cause you to grow faster.
speech graduation courage
Roger Goodell
UMass Lowell Commencement, 2010, 2010
Pretending is not just play. Pretending is an imagined possibility.
speech graduation creativity
Meryl Streep
Barnard College Commencement 2010, 2010
Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.
speech graduation empathy
Meryl Streep
Barnard College Commencement 2010, 2010
This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really there is no normal. There's only change, and resistance to it, and then more change.
speech graduation growth
Meryl Streep
Barnard College Commencement 2010, 2010
You don't need to change yourself. Ever. You need to come home to yourself. And that changes everything.
speech graduation authenticity
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
Don't ever, ever have a job. Always, always have work.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
If you have 50 years left, or 50 days left, or even 50 minutes left, it's never too late to become what you might have been.
speech graduation purpose
John Jacob Scherer
Roanoke College Commencement 2010, 2010
When one door closes, another door always opens. It really does.
speech graduation resilience
Lisa Kudrow
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010