Graduation

I mandate that you continue to dream the wild dreams that you dreamed when you were young.

The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something, because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

When you're screwing up and nobody's saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the dreams will come to you.

Memorials are the way we make promises to the future about the past.

If we stop remembering, we stop being.

Honor your curiosity. It is one of the most powerful forces you possess.

The barrier to change is not too little caring. It is too much complexity.

From those to whom much is given, much is expected.

Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity—reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.

I have discovered that it is just as easy or just as hard to climb a tall mountain as it is to climb a small mountain—so why not go for it!