Have the courage to accept that you're not perfect, nothing is, and no one is — and that's OK.
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Katie Couric
Williams College Commencement 2007, 2007
Sometimes the circumstances at hand force us to be braver than we actually are, and so we knock on doors and ask for assistance.
speech graduation courage
Ann Patchett
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2006, 2006
Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.
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John McCain
Liberty University Commencement 2006, 2006
My commandment is, 'Thou shall not stand idly by.' When you witness an injustice, don't stand idly by. You must intervene. You must interfere.
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Elie Wiesel
Dartmouth College Commencement 2006, 2006
Number yourself among the fearless. Do not be afraid.
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Michael Ignatieff
Niagara University Commencement 2006, 2006
Fear is the most corrosive force in human life. It deforms us and crushes the best in us.
speech graduation courage
Michael Ignatieff
Niagara University Commencement 2006, 2006
Live your own life, not the life that others expect of you. The only life worth living is one that is truly your own.
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Michael Ignatieff
Niagara University Commencement 2006, 2006
You must knock on doors until your knuckles bleed. Doors will slam in your face, I guarantee it. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and go back and knock again. It's the only way to achieve your goals in life.
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Michael Uslan
Indiana University Commencement, 2006, 2006
Sometimes you have to take calculated risks and roll the dice, or risk growing old and having to say, 'I could have been....'
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Michael Uslan
Indiana University Commencement, 2006, 2006
If you believe in yourself, others will too. And if you have confidence in who you are, there is no end to what you can accomplish.
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Margaret Spellings
Montgomery College Commencement 2006, 2006
If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.
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Margaret Spellings
Montgomery College Commencement 2006, 2006
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
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Steve Jobs
Stanford University Commencement, 2005