American colleges commencement speech

Author : Hopely Li Source : Release on : 2016-09-06 09:37:41

1.President Obama at Rutgers: "ignorance is not a virtue"

Obama threw shade at Donald Trump without naming him in his address to Rutgers: "It's not cool to not know what you are talking about.That's not keeping it real or telling it like it is.That's not challenging political correctness.That's just not knowing what you are talking about."

2.President Obama at Howard: "you've got to have a strategy"

At Howard University, Obama had some tough love for young people with passion, saying that's just not enough: "Change requires more than righteous anger.It requires a program and it requires organizing.Passion is vital, but you have got to have a strategy."

3.Graduate student Donovan Livingston at Harvard: "Lift off"

This grad's unique and powerful spoken-word-poem-as-speech has gone hyper viral.

"I belong among the stars.And so do you.And so do they.Together, we can inspire galaxies of greatness for generations to come.No, sky is not the limit.It is only the beginning.Lift off."

4.Steven Spielberg at Harvard: "empathy for every soul"

Master filmmaker Spielberg got thoughtful about hatred and discrimination: "To me, the only answer to more hate is more humanity.We have to replace fear with curiosity."

5.Richard and Mary Templeton at Southern Methodist: "when life throws you a curveball"

"Small and steady steps can be quite big and spectacular.They move you to a bigger place."