Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.
speech graduation purpose
Paul Hawken
University of Portland Commencement, 2009, 2009
Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.
speech graduation mortality
Rahm Emanuel
George Washington University Commencement 2009, 2009
Learn humility and wisdom when you stumble, because it will help you when you succeed.
speech graduation humility
Rahm Emanuel
George Washington University Commencement 2009, 2009
It is what you do during those valleys that will determine the heights of your peaks.
speech graduation resilience
Rahm Emanuel
George Washington University Commencement 2009, 2009
Your heart knows the answers to these questions. It is whispering to you right now. Listen to it and follow it. It will always be your best guide in life.
speech graduation passion
John Mackey
Bentley College Commencement 2008, 2008
The best way to deal with most difficulties and challenges is to see them as opportunities to help us grow—lessons that are presented to us to help us go further than we have gone before.
speech graduation resilience
John Mackey
Bentley College Commencement 2008, 2008
A Conscious Business has a deeper purpose beyond only making profits. Just like individual people, by following their hearts, can discover their own sense of deeper purpose, so can the business enterprise.
speech graduation purpose
John Mackey
Bentley College Commencement 2008, 2008
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides.
speech graduation purpose
Barbara Kingsolver
Duke University Commencement 2008, 2008
You don't need so much stuff to fill your life when you have people in it.
speech graduation relationships
Barbara Kingsolver
Duke University Commencement 2008, 2008
If you run out of hope at the end of the day, rise in the morning and put it on again with your shoes.
speech graduation resilience
Barbara Kingsolver
Duke University Commencement 2008, 2008
Dreams have no boundaries if you learn to read the signs of life.
speech graduation ambition
Angela Ahrendts
Ball State University Commencement 2008, 2008
The universal language is not texted, emailed, or spoken. It is felt.
speech graduation empathy
Angela Ahrendts
Ball State University Commencement 2008, 2008