The most sophisticated and intelligent people I know are the ones willing to challenge their thinking and admit there's more to learn.
speech graduation humility
Brad Meltzer
University of Michigan Commencement 2024, 2024
Measure your success by how much you evolve, not necessarily how much you win.
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John McEnroe
Stanford University Commencement, 2023
Whether you think the world is out to hurt you or help you — you're right.
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Mark Rober
MIT Commencement 2023, 2023
Most of the shadows in one's lifetime come from standing in one's own sunshine.
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Alma Adams
Clinton College Commencement 2023, 2023
Losing things doesn't just mean losing. A lot of the time, when we lose things, we gain things too.
speech graduation resilience
Taylor Swift
New York University Commencement 2022, 2022
Expertise is powerful, but love always wins.
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Marie Lynn Miranda
University of Notre Dame Graduate School Commencement 2021, 2021
Very few people realize what power sincerity carries. When that is lacking, power is lacking.
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Ava DuVernay
Compton College Commencement 2021, 2021
Look for the job in life that you would take if you didn't need a job. Don't settle for anything eventually that's less than working for a company you admire or people you admire.
speech graduation passion
Warren Buffett
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Commencement 2020, 2020
By reading, you can have lunch with Ben Franklin, or every great personality in the history of the world. You can in fact have a very long lunch with them.
speech graduation curiosity
Warren Buffett
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Commencement 2020, 2020
I have never known anybody who got to the age of 70 or so and had all of the people love him or her that they wanted to have in that position, that ever felt like anything but a success.
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Warren Buffett
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Commencement 2020, 2020
It's very conventional for every generation to underestimate the potential of the following one. It's because they don't realize that the progress of one generation becomes the foundational premise for the next.
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Sundar Pichai
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
Technology doesn't change who we are — it magnifies who we are, the good and the bad.
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Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement, 2019