I mandate that you continue to dream the wild dreams that you dreamed when you were young.
speech graduation ambition
Mike Tomlin
St. Vincent College Commencement 2008, 2008
I have discovered that it is just as easy or just as hard to climb a tall mountain as it is to climb a small mountain—so why not go for it!
speech graduation ambition
Robert Ballard
Connecticut College Commencement 2007, 2007
The important test is whether you can get back up after being knocked down and risk failure again.
speech graduation resilience
Robert Ballard
Connecticut College Commencement 2007, 2007
Don't let anybody tell you that there's some obstacle that you can't overcome or some dream that you cannot realize.
speech graduation perseverance
Omid Kordestani
San Jose State University Commencement 2007, 2007
From fear to freedom. That's it. To free yourself of the stuff that's been imposed on you.
speech graduation courage
Frank McCourt
Syracuse University Commencement 2007, 2007
Failure is merely a dress rehearsal for future success. The strength of your character comes not from how you react to your successes, but from how you react to your failures.
speech graduation failure
Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007
Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond preparing to doing.
speech graduation leadership
Madeleine Albright
Wellesley College Commencement 2007, 2007
We keep waiting until we run out of 'untils.' Then it is too late. Our plane has crashed and we haven't done anything about it. We have passed through life without truly exploring its possibilities.
speech graduation mortality
Madeleine Albright
Wellesley College Commencement 2007, 2007
The thing you fear most in this life is the thing you will become when you grow old.
speech graduation wisdom
Paul Hamer
Park Tudor School Commencement 2007, 2007
Graduate now. We are pushing you out of the tub, out of the nest, out into the world, a world which we think that you will find is at least your older brother and a place where you belong.
speech graduation new beginnings
Paul Hamer
Park Tudor School Commencement 2007, 2007
Your integrity is not for sale.
speech graduation authenticity
Oprah Winfrey
Howard University Commencement 2007, 2007
Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone, even if it means being uncomfortable.
speech graduation courage
Katie Couric
Williams College Commencement 2007, 2007