Over the past month, college seniors have been donning their caps and gowns to mark the end of one chapter in the beginning of another.

They're facing a daunting future, entering a rapidly transforming job market thanks to artificial intelligence, global unrest and a host of other factors.

It was against this backdrop that graduation speakers took to the stage to provide their best advice with honesty, passion, and humility.

Here now are some notable speeches you might have missed.

I was thinking about what I would say to you today.

What advice I would give you in terms of life advice, career advice, what I would say to myself if I were your age or if it were my son graduating.

And I would probably tell you, it's scary out there.

Overcoming fear and doubt in the face of those challenges is where you're going to gain the confidence to make your best choices when things aren't going the way you want.

You may only get one chance to impress your boss or land a promotion or to close a deal or not.

So what then? You better have prepared yourself in advance

to deal with the adversity you're going to face in order to give yourself the best chance to succeed.

Your trip's not someone else's trip. Don't worry about who's next to you. Don't worry about if they get promoted before you. Don't worry about if they get a house first.

You run your race, okay?

All of my blessings happened after 50.

I know it sounds weird.

All of them.

I got the job of my dreams at the Today Show.

I got the family I've dreamt of.

I have two kids now. Your

blessings come when they come and they come right on time. Your generation faces a temptation

no generation before has ever faced. The temptation to perform for everyone and belong to no one.

To be globally visible and locally invisible. To have thousands

...