Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
speech graduation wisdom
Wally Lamb
Connecticut College Commencement 2003, 2003
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
speech graduation courage
Barbara P. Bush
Wake Forest University Commencement 2001, 2001
Every day we are called to do small things with great love.
speech graduation love
Barbara P. Bush
Wake Forest University Commencement 2001, 2001
Never be so canny as to ignore the uncanny.
speech graduation wonder
Seamus Heaney
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2000, 2000
Who is my neighbor? My neighbor is all mankind.
speech graduation empathy
Seamus Heaney
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2000, 2000
To whom much is given, much is expected.
speech graduation responsibility
Tim Russert
Niagara University Commencement 2000, 2000
They are not powerless, the dead.
speech graduation legacy
Robert Pinsky
Stanford University Commencement 1999, 1999
Competence has no gender. Brains have no sex nor color.
speech graduation justice
Muriel Siebert
Case Western Reserve University Commencement 1998, 1998
You don't have to be the biggest — just the best.
speech graduation ambition
Muriel Siebert
Case Western Reserve University Commencement 1998, 1998
There's a great country out there. Take it.
speech graduation ambition
Roger Rosenblatt
Brigham Young University Commencement 1998, 1998
There is no delete button for bigotry.
speech graduation justice
Tom Brokaw
Connecticut College Commencement 1996, 1996
Never cook for or sleep with anyone who routinely puts you down.
speech graduation independence
Naomi Wolf
Scripps College Commencement 1992, 1992