You are more than one thing. You are more than many things. You are everything.
speech graduation authenticity
Idina Menzel
University of Pennsylvania Commencement 2023, 2023
Most of the shadows in one's lifetime come from standing in one's own sunshine.
speech graduation self discovery
Alma Adams
Clinton College Commencement 2023, 2023
Limitations set by yourself give you boundaries to respect. But limitations set by others give you boundaries to bust through.
speech graduation independence
Michelle Yeoh
Harvard Law School Class Day 2023, 2023
The scary news is, you're on your own now. But the cool news is, you're on your own now.
speech graduation independence
Taylor Swift
New York University Commencement 2022, 2022
I had to go and chop down that wood and build my own table. Then I had to invite the best there was to have a seat.
speech graduation independence
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
To all those who feel different, if you're part of a group that's called 'other,' a group that does not get the chance to be center stage — build your own stage and make them see you.
speech graduation courage
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
You don't have to accept what was considered normal before. You don't have to accept the world as it is. You can make it into the world as it should be and could be. You can create a new normal.
speech graduation courage
Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
We lose the freedom to be human.
privacy independence authenticity
Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement, 2019
In a world without digital privacy, even if you have done nothing wrong other than think differently, you begin to censor yourself. Not entirely at first. Just a little, bit by bit. To risk less, to hope less, to imagine less, to dare less, to create less, to try less, to talk less, to think less.
speech graduation privacy
Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement 2019, 2019
Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.
speech graduation authenticity
Robert F. Smith
Morehouse College Commencement 2019, 2019
Anything that seems to be set in stone or inalterable can, indeed, change.
speech graduation courage
Angela Merkel
Harvard Commencement 2019, 2019
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
speech graduation courage
Angela Merkel
Harvard Commencement 2019, 2019