The World that Ought to Be is that which is already embedded in our senses. God's hand touches us, even through the cold earth of death and despair.
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Makoto Fujimura
Belhaven University Commencement 2011, 2011
Love is today mingled with grief. And yet love grows greater. Create in and through that love. Calm the seas of your anxiety and infuse new life deep into the poisoned wells of culture.
speech graduation love
Makoto Fujimura
Belhaven University Commencement 2011, 2011
Success comes to the prepared mind. Success is not like rain that falls from the sky equally upon everyone. Success is what you reap when you sow with passion and optimism.
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Ahmed Zewail
Caltech Commencement 2011, 2011
You will truly serve only what you love, because service is love made visible.
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Stephen Colbert
Northwestern University Commencement, 2011, 2011
They know 'vision' — but they don't see it. They know 'passion' — but they don't feel it. They know 'integrity' — but they don't live by it. They know the words — but they don't know the music.
speech graduation passion
Joe Plumeri
William & Mary Commencement 2011, 2011
The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.
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Conan O'Brien
Dartmouth College Commencement 2011, 2011
In dreams begin responsibility.
speech graduation ambition
Michael Oren
Brandeis University Commencement 2010, 2010
We are all Pinocchio. We go out into the world filled with good intentions, with a vision. We are pulled this way and that. We falter. We make mistakes. But the little flame inside, no matter what we go through, will not be extinguished.
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Patti Smith
Pratt Institute Commencement 2010, 2010
Build a good name. Let your name radiate yourself, magnify who you are, your good deeds, your code of honor. Build your name and as you go through life, your name will serve you.
speech graduation authenticity
Patti Smith
Pratt Institute Commencement 2010, 2010
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
speech graduation solitude
Kirk Schneider
San Francisco State University Commencement 2010, 2010
This education is a gift that you will be unwrapping for the rest of your life.
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Julianna Margulies
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2010, 2010
You are about to experience the first taste of freedom in your life and that won't be freedom from your parents. You are about to be free from yourself, your old self, the self of your youth. You are, in many ways, about to be born.
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Porochista Khakpour
Desert Academy Commencement 2010, 2010