10 Graduation Ceremony Congratulatory Addresses That Shook People Around the World

"Stay hungry, stay foolish". This is a very famous sentence.

Apple founder Steve Jobs delivered a congratulatory speech at Stanford University graduation ceremony in 2005.

"Don't waste your time living someone else's life for you"
"Do what you think is great"
(Steve Jobs)

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His story touched people all over the world at the time. It is talked about so far. Graduation congratulations that will go down in history

Schools invite people who have achieved success in various fields, including writers, entrepreneurs, and entertainers, to give congratulatory speeches to their graduation ceremonies.

Graduation ceremonies of these celebrities touch the hearts of people all over the world. For some, it is the compass of life.

So, We have picked out the congratulatory speeches from the graduation ceremony that shook the hearts of people all over the world.

There are many stories of 'success' and 'failure' in congratulatory speeches at graduation ceremonies. Most of those who congratulate themselves say that they are 'successful' people recognized by society and have suffered many 'failures' to get there.

Advice from someone who has experienced the successes and failures of life in advance touches my heart.

Conan O'Brien, one of America's best MCs, is so meaningful.

He was kicked out of a broadcasting company where he devoted his youth to.

After that, he overcame failure and succeeded in recovering.
His advice on failure is inspiring.

Actor Denzel Washington, famous for 'American Gangster' and 'The Equalizer', also emphasizes failure.

Conan O'Brien - The Harvard Class of 2020

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"Congratulations on graduating. You guys got something special today."
"It's a 'university diploma' that only 92% of your age get"
“You have a terrifying advantage over the other 8% of the workforce.”
“The 8% losers are Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

"As a graduation speaker, my job is to show people that life isn't fair."
“Many people have defined success as achieving a goal”
"But that wasn't the case. No particular job or job goal could define me."
"That shouldn't even define you."
"In 2000, I said to my Harvard graduates, 'Don't be afraid to fail. I still believe that'"
"Today, I say: Frustration will come to you someday, whether you fear it or not."
“The beautiful thing is that frustration can bring clarity to success.”
"Its clarity gives you confidence and true originality."

Denzel Washington - University of Pennsylvania

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“You will fail at any time in your life.”
"Accept that fact. You will lose. You will panic. You will be ruined."
"This is an unquestioned fact. Accept it. Failure is inevitable."
"Not failing means not even trying. Do you have the courage to fail?"
"My wife said, "If you want to have something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done before."
“You have to fail to know what you really want.”

"Life is never a straight line"
"Take a risk. Taking risks isn't just about finding a job."
"Because you take risks, you know what you know and what you don't know"
“It’s a process of opening myself up to a lot of people, to a variety of opinions.”
"Take the risk. Embrace new ideas."
"Never be discouraged. Never lean. Give everything you have."
“Even if you fall at some point in your life, fall, but only in the future.”

Jim Carrey - Commencement Address at MIU

Jim Carrey, actor of 'Yes Man' and 'The Truman Show', and Matthew McConaughey, actor of 'Interstellar' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' respond as follows.

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"My father wanted to be a comedian but he felt he couldn't do it on his own"
“So he made a conservative decision. He opted for a stable job as an accountant instead of a comedian.”
"And when I was 12, he lost that stable job."
“Our family is in a situation where we have to do whatever we can to survive.”
“I got great lessons from my father.

One of the most important of these
'You can fail doing things you don't want to do'
"Therefore, it is the lesson that it is better to challenge what you love if possible."
"What are your goals? What are your unique talents that can help the world meet its needs?"
"You just have to figure it out. I can tell you as someone who's been through what you're going to experience."
"'Your influence on others' is the most valuable currency in the world."
"Because everything you gain in life rots away, but the dreams and goals in your heart remain forever."

Matthew McConaughey - University of Houston Speech

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Life is not easy.

"Life is not fair"
“It never was, it is not now, and it will never be.”
"Don't fall into the trap. It's the trap that makes you feel like a victim. You're not a victim."
"Get over it and live your life. Most of it is much more rewarding, when you sweat through it."
"Define your success. Gone are the days when humility was a virtue. Humility is too passive."

"But we all want to be successful, right? The question we have to ask ourselves is, 'What is success for us?'"
"But stick to this. Whatever the answer, don't make any choices that endanger yourself."
“Prioritize who you are and who you want to be”
"Don't waste your time doing things that don't fit you."
"Life is not a popular vote. Be bold. Get what you want."

“But we will make mistakes. Make them your own, make up for them and move on.”
"Guilt and regrets have ruined many people since ancient times. Turn the page and start a new journey."
"You are the author of the book of your life. Turn the pages"

Faced with this situation, the congratulatory speeches from Natalie Portman, the actress in the movie 'Black Swan,' and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, are very inspiring.

Natalie Portman - Harvard Commencement Speech

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"Before filming the movie 'Black Swan', people were worried about me"

"It's an artistically dangerous and frightening challenge to play a professional ballerina."
“But it wasn’t my courage or audacity that got me involved in the film.”
"Because I didn't know my own limits, I was doing something I was pathetic and totally unprepared for. I didn't even know it was a risk."
"When the director asked me if I could do ballet, he said, 'I used to be a ballerina'"
“It was only then that I found out, right before filming, that I hadn’t done ballet in 15 years.”

“So I worked harder. If I had known my limitations then I would never have taken the risk.”
"I'm sure you don't have any medical knowledge, so I'm not saying you should try heart surgery!"
"What I'm trying to say is, don't doubt yourself."
“What helped me was the recklessness and overconfidence of jumping in without a second thought.”
"It's good to try something you've never tried before"
“Inexperience is an asset that empowers you to think creatively and out of the blue.

"Accept your lack of experience and knowledge and make it your asset"

Sheryl Sandberg - Graduation speech at UC Berkeley

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"One day, 'Rory Goller' got a call. Oh, who is 'Rory'. I graduated from this university in 1997."
"He was working in eBay's marketing department at the time," he told me on the phone then.

“I called because I wanted to work with you on Facebook.”
"I was trying to talk about what I'm good at and what I want to do."
"Thinking about it, isn't that what everyone does? I'm curious about this instead."
"What's your biggest problem right now? How can I solve it?" (Rory Goller, current VP of Human Resources at Facebook)

"The company has hired thousands of people, but I've never heard anyone say that."
"So he said, 'The biggest problem is hiring, and you can do it'"
“So Laurie changed her job to a field she never thought of.”
“After getting promoted, Facebook did a great job with HR.”
"Lori says this about her career: 'It's like a jungle gym, not a ladder'"
"When you go out into society and start working, look for opportunities. Find growth."
"Move sideways, go down. Start and stop."
"Don't build your resume, build your job skills"
“Your strength comes from your talents, job skills, imagination and vision”

The congratulatory speeches at the graduation ceremony send social messages to those who will lead the future and offer words of encouragement.

Bill Gates - Harvard Commencement Address 

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“I have one really big regret.”
“I left Harvard without a real awareness of the terrible inequalities that put the lives of millions in despair.”
“When I was at university, I paid attention to the advances science had made.”
"But mankind's greatest progress has not been in discovery."
“The greatest advances will depend on how we apply those findings to reduce inequality.”

“Reducing inequality through democracy, strong public education, quality health care or broad economic opportunity is the highest human achievement.”
“There are people living in extreme poverty and diseases that are difficult to describe in words.”
"I knew nothing about those millions of people. It took me decades to realize that."
"My alumni and I came to Harvard at different times"
“You know more about inequality in the world than your seniors who have gone to school before.”
"In the age of rapidly advancing technology in your age"
“I hope this will give you an opportunity to face these inequalities and think about how to address them.”

Meryl Streep - Barnard Commencement speech

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“Making men to empathize and empathize with the female protagonist is the most difficult task in the narrative.”
“It explains why there are no female-led films.”
"It's easy for women to get into men because they've been taught to do it from Shakespeare to Salinger's story."
“We instinctively adapt easily to Hamlet, Romeo, Huckleberry Finn, or Peter Pan.”
"But it's hard for most men to get into Juliet, Peter Pan's Wendy, Little Women's Joe, The Little Mermaid or Pocahontas."
"If a certain character is a woman, she has more resistance to adopting it and expanding her imagination."

"Men are trying to understand. Only now."

"Your age is at the heart of the so-called women's issue"

“It is an era where we look at how sexism is at the center of problems such as poverty, AIDS, violent military government, human trafficking and human rights issues.”

"This is your time. It may seem ordinary, but there is no such thing as ordinary."
“There is only change and resistance to it and more change.”
“A sense of purpose in life comes from doing your own thing while studying and empathizing with the world.”
“It comes from staying alert and alive and helping loved ones and people around the world in need.”

Steven Spielberg - Harvard Commencement Speech

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"Love, support, courage, intuition. All of these are in your quiver as a hero."
"But heroes need one more thing. They need villains to defeat."
"You are lucky. This world is full of monsters."
"And there's racism, homophobia, ethnic hatred, class hatred, political hatred, religious hatred."
“We must not forget that the unimaginable, which stems from hate, does not just happen, it often happens.”
“We need to ask, ‘How did this start?’ as well as ‘When will this hate end?’”
“There is no difference between those who are being discriminated against, whether they are Muslims, Jews, minorities in the South, or the LGBT community.”
"All this is one great hatred"

"I think the only answer to hate is love of humanity"
"We need to fix it. We need to replace the fear of others with curiosity."
“In that way, everyone, not ‘us’ and ‘them’, will be connected as ‘us’.”
“I believe we are part of the same tribe and will empathize with everyone.”
"I've made a lot of movies and imagined a lot of different futures, but the real future is up to you."
“And I hope it will be a future full of justice and peace.

A view of the present and

The advice you give to future generations is impressive.
I end this article with this congratulatory speech.

Barack Obama - Graduation speech at ASU

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“Graduation is the point when you start taking responsibility for your own life.”
“What kind of career do you want to build. What kind of person you want to start a family with. What principles will you lead your life with?”
“But looking at the world these days, you might be afraid to make such a decision.”
“The pandemic has led many young people to realize that the old ways are no longer working.”
"I've come to realize that adults who thought they were leading the world didn't actually have all the answers."

"I belong to the older generation. I won't tell you how to use your powers."
"But I'll give you three pieces of advice."
"First, don't be afraid. We've gone through difficult times in the past."
“After slavery, the Civil War, famine, disease, the Great Depression, each hardship, we are stronger.”
“It was thanks to the new generation that it was possible.”
“Young people like you learn from the mistakes of the past and come up with ways to improve.”
"Second, do what you think is right. Doing things that are good to do, things that are easy to do, things that are easy to do are what children think."
"It's sad that there are many adults who think that way."
"That's why the world is so wrong"
"Finally, build a community. No one can do great things alone."
“If we are to get through these difficult times, if we are to protect the environment and fight the pandemic in the future, we must work together.”
“I want the world to turn in a different direction, away from the old ways of thinking that divide us like sexism, racism, status and greed.”