2014-06-10 22:12:38

2014 graduation season is drawing to a close, so here are a few graduation speeches to help wrap up your time in school and prepare you for your next journey:

Dalai Lama: "Despite difficulties, always keep optimism. ‘I can overcome these difficulties.’ That mental attitude itself will bring inner strength and self-confidence."

http://tulane.edu/grads/dalai-lama-transcript.cfm

Amy Poeler: "As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. No one is here today because they did it on their own."

http://www.graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0095-poehler.htm

Elie Wiesel: "All I can do is offer you my memories and experiences to help you in your quest, so that the years ahead will enable you to confront the inevitable fear and trembling which are inherent in the human condition in its fight for better times."

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2006/06/11a.html

Steve Jobs: "And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

If you want more beautiful, inspirational words, NPR has a great database: http://apps.npr.org/commencement/