The world is more interconnected than ever before, and it's becoming more connected every day. Building walls won't change that.
speech graduation empathy
Barack Obama
Rutgers University Commencement 2016, 2016
Greatness isn't about bragging. It's about doing. It's about never being satisfied. It's about testing the limits of what we can achieve together.
speech graduation ambition
John F. Kerry
Northeastern University Commencement 2016, 2016
Don't be so focused in your plans that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. The most exciting parts of your life aren't even on your radar screen.
speech graduation growth
Elizabeth Warren
Suffolk University Commencement 2016, 2016
You have to be willing to fight for what you believe in. Washington is full of people who say no, and who are saying it in nastier and nastier ways. But knowing who you are will help you when it's time to fight.
speech graduation courage
Elizabeth Warren
Suffolk University Commencement 2016, 2016
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
Cynicism is easy. Anyone can do it. Change is hard. That takes us.
speech graduation perseverance
Cody Keenan
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation 2015, 2015
Whereas children here had ghosts and the boogeyman, our equivalents were our governments.
speech graduation courage
Sarah Abushaar
Harvard University Commencement 2014, 2014
One of the greatest threats we face is, simply put, bullshit. We are drowning in it. We are drowning in partisan rhetoric that is just true enough not to be a lie; in industry-sponsored research; in social media's imitation of human connection.
speech graduation authenticity
Jon Lovett
Pitzer College Commencement 2013, 2013
I'd rather be wrong and cringe than right and regret not speaking up.
speech graduation courage
Jon Lovett
Pitzer College Commencement 2013, 2013
Decisions are made by those who show up.
speech graduation responsibility
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
Hopes, dreams, and aspirations are evenly distributed throughout the entire world. But what is not is justice, opportunity, and working systems.
speech graduation justice
Sanjay Gupta
University of Michigan Commencement 2012, 2012
Fear is cheap. Fear is easy. Fear gets attention. Fear is spread as fast as gossip and is just as glamorous, juicy, and profitable. Fear twists facts into fictions that become indistinguishable from ignorance.
speech graduation courage
Tom Hanks
Yale University Class Day 2011, 2011