Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement..
What mark will I leave behind? How will anyone know I have been here? What sign will tell the future traveler I existed? 'I am here! Today... I exist….
Work hard but work smart. Always. Every day. Nothing is handed to you and nothing is easy. You're not owed anything... No job or task is too small or….
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another,….
My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriag….
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable..
I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely h….
A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid wel….
The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours fore….
What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school... It is my task to convince y….
There's no there. That elusive 'there' with the job, the beach house, the dream, it's not out there. There is here. It's in you... right now..
Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors..
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself..
Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is will. The will to make it happen..
If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible. You must be kind, yes, but you must also look beyond your….
If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourag….
It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree..
Don't buy society’s definition of success. Because it’s not working for anyone. It’s not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not workin….
My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either under a threat or for….
Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured. Yes, you can wait around for the right set of circumstances to fall into place and then leap into….
Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used..