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23 valuable pieces of advice from graduation speeches throughout history
- Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, CEOs, and comedians have delivered inspiring commencement speeches that are remembered long after graduation, offering valuable advice to graduates throughout history.
- John F. Kennedy emphasized that man can solve man-made problems and strive for world peace in his 1963 speech at American University.
- Nora Ephron urged graduates to be the heroines of their lives and embrace complications, not victimhood, in her 1996 speech at Wellesley College.
- Kurt Vonnegut stressed living without hate and vengeance to create a happier, more peaceful existence in his 1999 speech at Agnes Scott College.
- Toni Morrison encouraged graduates to be their own storytellers and embrace the messiness and complexities of life in her 2004 speech at Wellesley College.
- Steve Jobs advised living each day as if it were the last and following one's passion in his 2005 speech at Stanford University.
- David Foster Wallace urged grads to pay attention to life's possibilities beyond their default reactions in his 2005 speech at Kenyon College.
- Oprah Winfrey emphasized following instincts and doing what feels right to find happiness and success in her 2008 speech at Stanford University.
- Stephen Colbert highlighted life as an improvisation and the importance of embracing unpredictability in his 2011 speech at Northwestern University.
- Conan O'Brien shared the liberating aspect of facing one's worst fear and finding growth in disappointment in his 2011 speech at Dartmouth College.
- Atul Gawande emphasized the mastery of rescue over the fear of failure and taking risks in his 2012 speech at Williams College.
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