Many are the plans in a man's heart, but the Lord directs his steps.
speech graduation faith
Chuck Norris
Liberty University Commencement 2008, 2008
We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well and living fully.
speech graduation mortality
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University Commencement 2008, 2008
Your passion must come from the things that fill you from the inside.
speech graduation passion
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University Commencement 2008, 2008
Time is not money. Time is time. When your time is over, you will be remembered for what you did, not for what you never got around to doing.
speech graduation purpose
Billy Collins
Colorado College Commencement 2008, 2008
We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well and living fully. For the Reaper will come for all of us. The question is what we do between the time we are born and the time he shows up.
speech graduation mortality
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University Commencement 2008, 2008
You will need to find your passion. You will not find that passion in things and you will not find that passion in money, because the more things and the more money you have, the more you will just look around and use that as the metric — and there will always be someone with more.
speech graduation passion
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University Commencement 2008, 2008
Life is not about warming yourself by the fire. Life is about building the fire. And generosity is the match.
speech graduation gratitude
Larry Lucchino
Boston University Commencement 2008, 2008
Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
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J.K. Rowling
Harvard University Commencement 2008, 2008
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.
speech graduation purpose
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University 'The Last Lecture' 2007, 2007
From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
speech graduation responsibility
Bill Gates
Harvard University Commencement 2007, 2007
The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.
speech graduation arts
Dana Gioia
Stanford University Commencement 2007, 2007
You make meaning in life through others.
speech graduation relationships
John Doerr
Rice University Commencement 2007, 2007