It is much easier to describe the structural challenges we face than to describe the human response to those challenges that will change history.
speech graduation resilience
Fareed Zakaria
Bates College Commencement 2009, 2009
Recognize that you are the change you seek. You are the great agents of change in the world. You can adapt, you can embrace, you can respond in ways that will better your life and better the life of your society. You cannot ignore them. You cannot fight them. But what you can do is adapt and make the world a better place.
speech graduation growth
Fareed Zakaria
Bates College Commencement 2009, 2009
It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all love and faith.
speech graduation wisdom
Fareed Zakaria
Bates College Commencement 2009, 2009