When we experience our fear, when we say the words 'I am scared,' we have the choice to acknowledge that being scared is not who we are. It is not our identity. And while there is a part of us that is scared, there's also a part of us that isn't scared.
speech graduation courage
Paul Michael Glaser
Stanford University School of Medicine Commencement 2004, 2004
We need our fear in order to find our love. They go together. Yin and Yang.
speech graduation love
Paul Michael Glaser
Stanford University School of Medicine Commencement 2004, 2004
It's not deadly to ask stupid questions. What's deadly is to not ask the right question at the right time.
speech graduation curiosity
Elias A. Zerhouni
MIT Commencement 2004, 2004
Ready, Fire, Aim. If you feel positive in your gut about your idea — do it. Don't get stuck in the limbo of 'Ready, Aim, Aim, Aim' and let someone else do the firing. Be there first!
speech graduation entrepreneurship
Earl Bakken
University of Hawaii Commencement 2004, 2004
Never give in to pessimism. Don't know that you can't fly, and you will soar like an eagle. Don't end up regretting what you did not do because you were too lazy or too frightened to soar. Be a bumblebee!
speech graduation perseverance
Earl Bakken
University of Hawaii Commencement 2004, 2004
My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you're going to have to stick your neck out.
speech graduation courage
Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement, 2004, 2004
It really is better to fail than not to try, because if you never try, you'll never succeed, and as bad as failure feels, success feels so much better.
speech graduation failure
Ruth Westheimer
Trinity College Commencement, 2004, 2004
The future is not fixed, it's fluid. You can build your own building, or hut or condo, whatever.
speech graduation purpose
Bono
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2004, 2004
If you want to serve the age, betray it.
speech graduation courage
Bono
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2004, 2004
When we experience our fear, when we say the words 'I am scared,' we have the choice, the ability to acknowledge that being scared is not who we are. It is not our identity.
speech graduation courage
Paul Michael Glaser
Stanford School of Medicine Commencement 2004, 2004
We need our fear in order to find our love. They go together.
speech graduation courage
Paul Michael Glaser
Stanford School of Medicine Commencement 2004, 2004
Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.
speech graduation courage
Bradley Whitford
University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement 2004, 2004