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Top 10 Commencement Speeches Quotes in
American Universities
美国大学十佳毕业典礼演讲精选
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< br>每年的五六月，是美国大学举行毕业典礼的季节。按照惯例，各界名流都会受邀到各大名校去作激动人心的 演讲。本
文精选了近年来美国最有影响力的十佳毕业典礼演讲，与已经或即将毕业的读者
朋友们共勉。
1. Steve
Jobs
史蒂芬·乔布斯
CEO
of Apple Computers
苹果电脑
CEO
Stanford University
斯坦福大学
June 12,
2005
2005
年
6
月
12
日
Remembering that you are going to die
is the best way I know to avoid the trap of
thinking you have something to lose.
Y
ou are
already naked. There
is no reason not to follow your heart.
Y
our time is
limited, so don't waste it living someone else's
life. Don't be trapped by dogma
—
which is living with the
results
of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out
your own inner voice. And most important, have
the
courage to follow your
heart and intuition. They somehow already know
what you truly want to become. Everything else
is
secondary
.
记着你总会死去，这是我知道的防止患得患失的最佳办法。赤
条条来去无牵挂，还有什么理由不随你的心？！
你的时间是有限的，因此不要把时间浪费在过别人的生活上。不要被教条所困——使自己的生活受限 于他人的思想成
果。不要让他人的意见淹没了你自己内心的声音。最重要的是，要有勇气
跟随你的内心与直觉，它们好歹已经知道你
真正想让自己成为什么。其他的，都是次要的
。
2. David
Foster Wallace
大卫·福斯特·华莱士
Novelist
小说家
Kenyon
College
肯尼恩学院
May 21, 2005
200
5
年
5
月
21
日
There are these two young fish swimming
along and they happen to meet an older fish
swimming the other way, who nods at
them and says, “Morning, boys. How's
the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a
bit, and then eventually one of t
hem
looks over at the other and goes, “What
the hell is water?”
... simple awareness; awareness of what
is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight
all around us, all the time, that
we
have
to keep reminding ourselves over
and over:
“
This
is water
.”
“
This is water.”
It is unimaginably hard to
do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult
world day in and day out.
有两条小鱼一起在水里游，碰到一条老鱼迎面游过来。老鱼向他们点点头，并说：
“早上好，孩子们。水怎么样？”这
两条小鱼继续往前游了一会儿后，
其中一条小鱼实在忍不住了，看了一下另一条小鱼，问道：
“水到底是什么东西？”
??简单的意识；对我们生活中如此真
实、如此必不可少、无处不在、无时不在的事物的意识，需要我们一遍一遍地
提醒自己：
“这是水。
”
“这是水。
”
天天都保持意识清醒而鲜活，在成人世界中做到这点，是不可
想象地难。
3. Michael
Uslan
迈克尔·奥斯兰
Movie Producer
电影制片人
Indiana
University
印第安纳大学
May 06, 2006
200
6
年
5
月
6<
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日
Y
ou must believe in yourself
and in your work. When our first Batman movie
broke all those box-office records, I received a
phone call from that United Artists
exec who, years before, had told me I was
out of my mind. Now he said, “Michael,
I'm just
calling
to
congratulate
you
on
the
success
of
Batman.
I
always said
you were
a
visionary.”
Y
ou
see
the
point
here
—
don't
believe them when they tell you how bad
you are or how terrible your ideas are, but also,
don't believe them when they tell you
how wonderful you are and how great
your ideas are. Just believe
in
yourself and you'll do just fine. And, oh yes,
don't then
forget to market yourself
and your ideas. Use both sides of your brain.
Y
ou must have a
high threshold for frustration. Take it from the
guy who was turned down by every studio in
Hollywood. Y
ou
must knock on
doors until your knuckles bleed. Doors will slam
in your face. Y
ou must pick yourself
up, dust yourself off, and
knock again.
It's the only way to achieve your goals in life.
你必须相信你自己，对自己的工作充满信心。当我们的第一部
电影《蝙蝠侠》创下史无前例的票房纪录时，我接到了
艺术家联合会会长的电话，他在数
年之前曾说我疯了。如今他说：
“迈克尔，我给你打电话祝贺《蝙蝠侠》的成功。我
总说你是一位有远见的人。
”
你看，
关键在这里，
当他们说你有多差，
你的想法有
多糟的时候，
不要信他们的话，
同时，
当他们告诉你你有多么了不起，你的想法多美妙时，也不要相信他们。你就只相信你自己，这样你就能做好。还有
，
那就是，不要忘记推销你自己和你的想法。左右大脑你都得用。
要能经受得住挫败。这是被好莱坞每一家制片厂拒绝过的
人的经验。你必须去敲一扇扇的门，直到指关节流血。大门
会在你面前砰然关上，你必须
重振旗鼓，弹去身上的灰尘，再敲下一扇门。这是实现你人生目标的唯一办法。
4. Woody Hayes
伍迪·海耶斯
College
Fooball Coach
大学橄榄球教练
Ohio
State University
俄亥俄州立大学
May 14,
1986
1986
年
5
月
14
日
In
football we always said that the other team
couldn't beat us
. We had to be sure
that we didn't beat ourselves. And that’s what
people have to do, too
—
make sure they don't beat
themselves.
...
you'll find out that nothing that comes easy is
worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a
football player make a
tackle
with a smile on his face. Never.
在橄榄
球场上，我们总是说其他队战胜不了我们。我们必须做到不把自己打垮。所有人也都必须这么做，确保自己不
要被自己打垮。
??你会发现，来得容易的东西总是一文不值。事实上，我从来没有看到哪位橄榄球运动员是带着微笑完成阻截
的。
从来没有。