Challenges Quote by Angela Duckworth

The question I have is out of all these commencement speeches that are happening, what's the really worthwhile advice that a 21, 22 year…

— David Corn

“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

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

— Kamala Harris

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

— Pamela Druckerman

I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I…

— Anders Holm

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine,…

— David Foster Wallace

I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those…

— Pam Bondi

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

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

“I told the members of the graduating class that they should be ambitious not just in pursuing their dreams but in aspiring to become…

— Sheryl Sandberg

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.

— Jerry Moran

No one has ever asked me to give a graduation speech. But in my years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs, many of them in…

— Marc Randolph