Go find your joy. Whatever that is, go find your joy. It's what you're going to remember in the end. You're not going to remember how you worried.
speech graduation purpose
Sandra Bullock
Warren Easton Charter School Commencement 2014, 2014
You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.
speech graduation courage
Jim Carrey
Maharishi University of Management Commencement 2014, 2014
I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.
speech graduation faith
Jim Carrey
Maharishi University of Management Commencement 2014, 2014
Most adults are pretending. Status, intelligence, beauty, wealth, achievement. The older you get, the more you see people pretending in little ways all the time.
speech graduation authenticity
Victor Hwang
Austin Community College Commencement 2014, 2014
Be uncomfortable. Open doors. Empathize with strangers. Try new things out. Seek serendipity. Take chances with new friends. And pay it forward to people you don't know.
speech graduation courage
Victor Hwang
Austin Community College Commencement 2014, 2014
While life is often determined by dumb luck, these are the ways to tilt the odds of dumb luck in your favor.
speech graduation wisdom
Victor Hwang
Austin Community College Commencement 2014, 2014
It was actually very liberating. All of it helped teach me who I was by teaching me who I wasn't.
speech graduation self discovery
Terry Gross
Bryn Mawr College Commencement 2014, 2014
On the air I am capable of asking anybody anything. But take away the mic and I can become uncomfortable, self-conscious, and insecure.
speech graduation authenticity
Terry Gross
Bryn Mawr College Commencement 2014, 2014
Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.
speech graduation discipline
Shonda Rhimes
Dartmouth College Commencement 2014, 2014
Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.
speech graduation balance
Shonda Rhimes
Dartmouth College Commencement 2014, 2014
I'm not asking you kids to change the whole world. But if you're kind, you're doing far more than you know. There's nothing more powerful than kindness.
speech graduation empathy
Mary Carillo
Elon University Commencement 2014, 2014
Get into something and see where it takes you. If you really seem to like it, get good at it.
speech graduation curiosity
Mary Carillo
Elon University Commencement 2014, 2014