来自传奇演讲的永恒智慧。按演讲者浏览或搜索任何语录。
356 位演讲者 · 1298 条语录
University of Michigan Commencement 2012, 2012
"We do not think of our lives in a linear way. We remember series of moments — memorable moments — and together these moments make up the meshwork of our lives. Make each moment count."
Park Tudor School Commencement 2007, 2007
"About ninety percent of love is just paying attention."
Harvard University Commencement 2023, Yale University Class Day 2011, 2011–2023
"The effort is optional, but the truth is sacred, unalterable, chiseled into the stone of the foundation of our republic."
U.S. Military Academy at West Point Commencement 2023, 2023
"In just a few moments, you will take an oath — not to a person, not to a political party, but to the Constitution."
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Commencement 2015, 2015
"You need to raise your expectations of yourself."
Wellesley College Commencement 2012, 2012
"Never become so enamored of your own smarts that you stop signing up for life's hard classes. Keep your conclusions light and your curiosity ferocious. Keep groping in the darkness with ravenous desire."
Harvard University Commencement 1995, 1995
"Our conscience must catch up to our reason, otherwise we are lost."
University of Portland Commencement 2009, University of Portland Commencement, 2009, 2009
"The earth couldn't afford to send any recruiters or limos to your school. It sent you rain, sunsets, ripe cherries, night blooming jasmine, and that unbelievably cute person you are dating. Take the hint."
Ohio State University Commencement 1986, 1986
"You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it. And what a great feeling that is."
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2000, 2000
"Never be so canny as to ignore the uncanny."
Kenyon College Baccalaureate, 2010, 2010
"Every single now is the rest of your life."
University of Virginia Commencement 2015, Cornell University Commencement 2014, Knox College Commencement 2013, 2013–2015
"Never let others define you. Define yourselves."
Syracuse University Commencement 2021, 2021
"What did you do with your life? It is my sincere hope that you will begin a 50-year journey that allows you to answer quite simply: I made a difference."
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015
"There's an infinite number of possibilities for you to create for yourself now, today, with no one to stop you but your own inertia."
MIT Commencement 2013, 2013
"The happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving an important problem, something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball."
University of Mary Washington Commencement 2012, 2012
"Be proud of this new generation. They aren't like you, but they are what America now needs."
Smith College Commencement 2013, Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2011, 2011–2013
"Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool — you can balance on them for a while, but eventually, you're going to topple over."
Austin Community College 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."
