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Inspirational Graduation Speeches: If you worship money and things, then you will never have enough
The fourth speech we have chosen to review is David Foster Wallace’s commencement address at Kenyon College. The address is premised on life and work. In this address, Wallance challenges the graduates to resist any form of mental conditioning that a selfish and negative attitude in life may force them to ascribe to. He says […]
Inspirational Graduation speeches: Though you're the village pride, never think you’re anything special
At Number 5 of our best inspirational Graduation speeches, we have David McCullough’s. McCullough is a High School Teacher and gives his address at the Wellesley High School Class of 2012. Essentially, in this speech McCullough challenges graduates not to think of themselves as being any more special than all the other graduates. He opines […]
Inspirational Graduation speeches: Never wait for stuff to happen but go out and make stuff to happen
In our second speech of the 5 Most Inspirational Graduation Speeches ever given, Hollywood producer & director Jerry Zucker says he graduated with no employment skills but has still made it in life. The gist of the speech is what he refers to as his 5 rules. He challenges the new graduate not to be […]
Inspirational Graduation Speeches: The measure of success is what you think about what you've done
Our third pick on the 5 Most Inspirational Graduation Speeches ever given is Prof. Mark. S. Lewis’s commencement speech at the University of Texas in 2000. In this speech the Clinical Psychology Professor tells new graduates that there are times when you are going to do well, and times when you’re going to fail. But neither […]
The 5 Most Inspirational Graduation Speeches ever given
As Makerere University Students look forward to the 65th Graduation, the Campus Times brings you some of the most inspirational graduation speeches ever given. We hope that by sharing this with you, many of you will be inspired and get better perspectives to what the world is; so that when some of your friends meet […]