Responsibility

Bring your own vision to your work and look for ways you can give something to the world. Inspire people. Make a difference.

The essence of leadership, when all is said and done, is the personal assumption of the moral duty to be proactive in building our future.

There is compound interest in altruism — the earlier you get started helping others, the more impact you will have over time.

Stop waiting on others to solve the problems and right the wrongs of our times. Turn to the leader in the mirror.

The world you live in has three problems: it is too unstable, it is too unequal, and it is completely unsustainable.

This democracy we have is a precious thing. For all the arguments and all the doubts and all the cynicism that's out there today, we should never forget that as Americans, we enjoy more freedoms and opportunities than citizens in any other nation on Earth.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress, we have to drive it.

Education has a public value. Your education will not only bring you a bigger paycheck. It will enable you to be a better fellow citizen, more productive, better able to participate in solving the challenges I and my peers have not been able to conquer.

In dreams begin responsibility.

Dreaming during turbulent times indeed takes courage, but an even greater valor is required once those dreams are fulfilled.

In everything you do in life, leave your mark. Be a great steward of the community and to society, and understand that part of your purpose in life is to leave whatever you touch better than when you found it.

Ask for guidance before you commit the crime. Trust me, it is much less embarrassing to ask for help privately than to beg for forgiveness at graduation.