影响你一生的名校励志演讲的目录

哈佛大学

Advice For Graduates

给大学毕业生的几个忠告――美国能源部部长朱棣文

As you begin this new stage of your lives, follow your passion. If you don’t have a passion, don’t be satis?ed until you?nd one. Life is too short to go through it without caring deeply about something. 当你开始生活的新阶段时，请追随你的爱好。如果你没有爱好，就去找，找不到绝不罢休。生命太短暂，所以不能空手走过，你必须对某样 东西倾注你的深情。

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

失败的额外收益和想象力的重要性――英国作家JK罗琳

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. 生活

就像故事一样，不在于长短，而在于品质，这才是最重要的。

How to Tackle the World’s Worst Inequities?

如何解决这个世界最严重的不平等？ ――微软创始人比尔・盖茨

Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries― but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.人类最大的进步并不在于其发现，而在于如 何用这些发现来减少不平等

斯坦福大学

Three Stories from My Life

我人生中的三个故事――苹果公司创始人史蒂夫・乔布斯

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. 记住自己随时都会死去，这是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已经一无所有了，还有什么理由不听从自己的心声呢。

牛津大学

Heal the Children, Heal the World

拯救儿童，拯救世界――流行音乐之王迈克尔・杰克逊

In a world?lled with hate, we must still dare to hope. Keep hope alive. In a world?lled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world?lled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world?lled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. 即使世界充满仇恨，我们也要勇于憧憬，让希望永存；即使世界充满愤怒，我们也要敢于安慰；即使世界充满绝望，我们也要勇于梦想；即使世界充满猜疑，我们仍然敢于信任。

耶鲁大学

Cherishing What You Have Now, and Striving for the Future

珍惜现在，把握未来――英国前首相托尼・布莱尔

Be prepared to fail as well as to succeed, because it is failure not success that de?nes character.不仅要接受成功，也要准备经历失败。因为是失败而非成功塑造了性格。

Dare to Compete, Dare to Care

敢于竞争，勇于关爱――美国国务卿希拉里・克林顿

Dare to compete. Dare to care. Dare to dream. Dare to love. Practice the art of making possible. And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going. 要敢于竞争，敢于关爱，敢于憧憬，大胆去爱！要努力创造奇迹！无论发生什么，即使有人在你背后大声喊叫，也要勇往直前。

Everyone Can Be a President

人人都能成为总统――美国第43任总统乔治・布什

To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students―I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. 对于那些表现杰出、获得各种奖项和荣誉的同学，我要说，你们真棒！对于那些C等生，我要说，你们将来也可以当美国总统！

杜兰大学

Stay True to Yourself

做真正的自己――美国著名脱口秀主持人艾伦・德詹尼丝

And really when I look back on it, I wouldn’t change a thing. I mean, it was so important for me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is, is to be true to yourself. And ultimately, that’s what’s gotten me to this place. I don’t live in fear. I’m free. I have no secrets. And I know I’ll always be OK, because no matter what, I know who I am. 当我回首这些往事的时候，我一点也不会改变。因为我发现，即使失去一切，最重要的是做真正的自己。最终，我来到了这里。我不再恐惧，我感觉很自在，也不再有秘密，而且我知道一切都会好的，因为无论如何，我知道我是谁。

杜克大学

Follow Your Gut, and You Will Be a Huge Success

追随自己的心声，你们一定会成功――美国“脱口秀”女王奥普拉・温弗瑞

Trust your gut to help you stand proudly in your own shoes, as you help others stand in theirs, and I know you will be a huge success.相信自己的心声，你才能自豪地穿上自 己的鞋子走自己的路，如果你也能帮别人走他们自己的路，那你们一定会大有作为

威斯康辛大学

How to Make Your Dream Come True

如何实现你的梦想――著名导演、电影制片人杰里・朱克

But it doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. So get out there and go for it, but don’t be caught waiting. It’s great to plan for your future. Just don’t live there, because really nothing ever happens in the future. Whatever happens happens now, so live your life where the action is―now. 如果你一生都在睡觉，你的梦想是否实现就无关紧要了。所以，不要等待，要走出去，去实现你的梦想。规划未来是一件好事，但不要只活在未来，因为未来的事情实际上还没有发 生。不管发生什么事情，都只是发生在现在，所以要活在现在。

清华大学

Keep Your Dreams

执着于你的梦想――明星州长阿诺德・施瓦辛格

Some of your families maybe don’t believe in your dreams. But let me tell you something, my young friends. Keep your dreams. No matter what, keep your dreams. Don’t give up on them, even when you are temporarily defeated or denied. Keep your dreams. 你们的家人也许不相信你们的梦想，但是，朋友们，让我告诉你们，执着于你的梦想！无论如何，坚持你们的梦想。即使你们遭遇暂时的失败或被否定，也不要放弃你们的梦想。执着于你的梦想。

Everything Is Possible

一切皆有可能――雅芳首席执行官钟彬娴

Anything you choose to do is within your reach. How far you go will depend on how high you set your dreams and how hard you work to achieve them. 无论你们想 做什么样的事业，你们都可以做得很出色。你们的梦想有多大，你们就能走多远；你们为梦想付出得越多，你们就会越成功。

北京大学

Challenge of the 21st Century

21世纪的挑战――美国第42任总统克林顿

In the 21st century, your generation must make it your mission to ensure that today’s progress does not come at tomorrow’s expense.在21世纪，你们年轻一代 的使命是必须保证今天的进步发展不以明天为代价

亚利桑那州立大学

To Make the World a Better Place: Go Beyond the Boundary of Material Comfort

跨越物质的藩篱，让世界今非昔比――美国总统奥巴马

Each of them, at one point in their life, didn’t have any title or much status to speak of. But they had passion, a commitment to following that passion wherever it would lead, and to working hard every step along the way. And that’s not just how you'll ensure that your own life is well-lived. It’s how you’ll make a difference in the life of our nation. 他们中的每一个人，在生命中的某一时刻，都没有响亮的头衔和显赫的地位值得炫耀。但他们有激情，他们追随着这种激情，并在整个过程中努力走好每一步。不仅努力过好自己的生活，更重要的是，努力让自己的国家今非昔比。

加利福尼亚大学

Service―the True Measure of Success

服务――衡量成功的真正标准――美国第一夫人米歇尔・奥巴马

Service is the rent we pay for living ... it is the true measure, the only measure of our success. 服务是我们为生活而支付的租金……它是真正的标准，是衡量我们成功的唯一标准。