Scott Pelley 在维克森林大学2025年毕业典礼上的演讲
In this moment, our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack.
In this moment, our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack.
Live a life that would make your younger self proud, your older self grateful, even if it confuses everyone in between.
Your life matters—to the people you love and to the broader world. Fifty years from now, you will want to be able to look in the mirror and know that you did what you thought was right, in every part of your life. At the end of the day, your integrity is all you have. Guard it carefully.
At the heart of Princeton’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs is a commitment to inculcate a fierce independence of mind.
Curiosity, Creativity, and Self-Improvement: These are Penn values. They are your values. Use them often, keep them sharp, and they will serve you well, whatever shape the future takes.
When I say kindness, I’m not talking about “being nice.” I’m talking about being able to hold your own heartbreak, so we can go on living — go on resisting, go on building, go on healing.
When a university is at its best – when Stanford is at its best – the campus is an unparalleled place for freedom, truth, and enlightenment.
You can’t go the distance alone. Continue to surround yourself with people who will challenge you, support you, and make you laugh. Make sure you spend time with the people who matter to you.
I ask that you keep MIT’s values and mission at the center of your efforts: to be bold and imaginative in tackling these big problems and to do so with compassion and generosity.
The greatest thing you build in your life will be yourself, and trust me on this you are not done yet, I know I’m not. But what you will be building is not just a toolkit. You will be building a person, and you will be doing it for people.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth urges graduates to become ambassadors for scientific thinking, discovery, and global community.
Abraham Verghese underscored the vital role of immigrants in the life of the nation at Harvard’s 374th Commencement Thursday at Tercentenary Theatre.
It’s the series of decisions you make when your values conflict: GPA or Family. Creativity or security. Loyalty or personal growth. Love or Money. Your path is guaranteed to be paved with these decisions.
You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world and after you walk through those doors today, you will only ever have two choices: love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.
You are future record-breakers and world travelers… future volunteers and philanthropists… future winners and future leaders. I’m here to tell you… from the other side of graduation… that leaving a familiar world behind and finding new ones is incredibly, deeply, wonderfully exciting.
Run, don’t walk. Remember, either you’re running for food, or you are running from becoming food. And oftentimes you can’t tell which. Either way, run! And for your journey, take along some of my learnings, that you will have the humility to confront failure, admit a mistake, and ask for help.
Well starting tomorrow, work is the rest of your life.That’s right. Ouch! Exactly!So my first wish is for you to find joy in work, find work that gives you great joy, or just fall in love with whatever work you do.
And when you wake up tomorrow, no longer the person you were today and not yet the person you will become next, I hope you will draw courage and confidence from knowing that you, graduates, are water – the force that shapes the shore.
As Lincoln understood that the real threat always and still comes from within this favored land. Insist that we support science and the arts, especially the arts. They have nothing to do with the actual defense of our country; They just make our country worth defending.
May you continue to approach your dealings with diligence and integrity—to treat others with care and compassion—and to support and encourage one another as you have done these many days.