Graduation Quote by Anders Holm

I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left eagerly, and…

— Stephanie Ruhle

I've had the honor of speaking at many commencements.

— Kamala Harris

I'd been invited to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Speaking live…

— Brooke Baldwin

The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging.

— Pamela Druckerman

Speaking at The Catholic University of America's commencement is such an honor because I will be among those who not only value a quality…

— Jonathan Roumie

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw…

— Neil Gaiman

One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults…

— Angela Duckworth

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

— Seneca the Younger

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech:…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

If someone asks me to go to speak at, say, Princeton, I might or might not go. But if someone asks me from Norman,…

— Simon Schama

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly…

— Garry Trudeau

Completing college is a big deal, and commencements do a good job of making the moment feel big.

— Stephanie Ruhle