Quotes Collection

"Your odds of success in things you attempt go up radically if you are methodical and diligent."

"Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not."

"Number yourself among the fearless. Do not be afraid."

"This is not about you."

"I was born in Iran. At the age of six, my family was forced to flee because of the Iranian Revolution. Today I stand in front of you giving the commencement speech at one of the top universities in America. I am the American dream."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"We are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard."

"A cleaner neighborhood begins with your own broom. A more beautiful city begins with a seed in your own garden. A more just society begins in your own heart."

"The real world doesn't reward rule followers the way the educational world does and the real world is not always merit-based. The institutions and organizations we yield to and trust in to support our success, whether they be employers or government, are flawed."

"It's okay to map out your future — but do it in pencil."

"There is another path to take. It's hard work. You'll be right sometimes, you'll be wrong sometimes. People will doubt you, you'll doubt yourself. But if you are doing something you want and have a passion for, at least you'll have that to guide you."

"I was not someone who should have the life I have now, and yet I do. I was sitting in the chair you are literally sitting in right now and I just whispered, 'Why not me?' And I kept whispering it for seventeen years."

"The right reason to go to college is so you can find new ways to awe yourself by reflecting on how fascinating the world we live in is. We are actually on a giant rock hurling through space. It's a crazy interesting world we are living in."

"The opposite of love isn't hate. It isn't even indifference. It's fear."

"Be a hero in your own life. Do the bold thing, do the honorable thing. Do the thing that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Do it for the simple heroic reason you feel it's right."

"You took a half-swing on this. Take a full swing."

"To be your own person, you need good friends. Friends are the treasure of your life. They may turn out to be your real family."

"The kind of ideas she lives with. Think of it. Not what happens to her, not love affairs or good career breaks, but what she thinks about."