Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
There will be times when your best is not enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best, you'll be okay.
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
Remember when life brings challenges — it also brings opportunity!
Jon Bon Jovi
Rutgers University-Camden Commencement 2015, 2015
The one way to guarantee you're not going to be successful at something is to give up on it. Really ambitious goals — starting a theater company, running for Congress, opening an art gallery in Prague. These things are hard. But even the hardest goal is not that hard.
Ian Brennan
Loyola University Chicago Commencement 2015, 2015
It doesn't matter how slow you go, so long as you don't stop. My point is: be fair to yourselves with regards to how you view your achievements. And don't be afraid to try things outside your comfort zone.
Brooke Shields
Fashion Institute of Technology Commencement 2015, 2015
Adversity is a necessary and important part of life. Adversity strengthens each of us in ways that success cannot.
Jason Kilar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2015, 2015
There is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.
Jason Kilar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Commencement 2015, 2015
It meant more to our father to see us deal with a setback and try to bounce back than to watch how we handled our successes. 'Show what you are made of,' he would say.
Jill Abramson
Wake Forest University Commencement 2014, 2014
We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize.
Jill Abramson
Wake Forest University Commencement 2014, 2014
Think of negativity as noise. Believe in yourself and what you're doing. Remember: if the most unique ideas were obvious to everyone, there wouldn't be entrepreneurs.
Tory Burch
Babson College Commencement 2014, 2014
Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
Sheryl Sandberg
City Colleges of Chicago Commencement 2014, 2014