Don't always go through the tiny little door that everyone's trying to rush through. Maybe go around the corner and go through the vast gate that no one's taking.
speech graduation independence
Peter Thiel
Stanford University CS Lecture 2015, 2015
Your inexperience is an asset, and will allow you to think in original, unconventional ways. Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.
speech graduation beginner mind
Natalie Portman
Harvard Senior Class Day 2015, 2015
When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. You aren't just following dreams, you're reaching for your destiny.
speech graduation passion
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
Don't be afraid to fail. If you don't go, you'll never know. You just have to be bold and go out there and take your chances.
speech graduation courage
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
You took a half-swing on this. Take a full swing.
speech graduation courage
Cody Keenan
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation 2015, 2015
It's time to say goodbye to the person we've become, we've worked so hard to perfect, and to make some decisions about who we're going to be.
speech graduation self discovery
Stephen Colbert
Wake Forest University Commencement 2015, 2015
Get ready for my generation to tell you everything that can't be done. They should know — they can't be done. After all, we're the ones who didn't do them.
speech graduation courage
Stephen Colbert
Wake Forest University Commencement 2015, 2015
When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. You aren't just following dreams, you're reaching for your destiny.
speech graduation passion
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
Don't be afraid to fail. If you don't go, you'll never know. You just have to be bold and go out there and take your chances.
speech graduation failure
Robert De Niro
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Commencement 2015, 2015
The opposite of love isn't hate. It isn't even indifference. It's fear.
speech graduation love
Mary Karr
Syracuse University Commencement 2015, 2015
If you can get curious about what scares or infuriates you, especially if it's part of yourself, you can get way less scared.
speech graduation curiosity
Mary Karr
Syracuse University 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.
speech graduation ambition
Peter Hollens
University of Oregon Commencement 2015, 2015