As we celebrate the end of the academic year and the beginning of a new journey for thousands of college graduates,

a number of leaders, celebrities, thinkers, dignitaries, and NewsHour anchors have been delivering commencement speeches over the last few weeks.

Many have included powerful calls to action, others more personal in nature, some with a touch of humor.

Here now are some of the speeches that you might have missed, including part of the remarks I was honored to deliver for the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Class of 2025.

I grew up in New York City on the west side, and I grew up dreaming about being an actor. I don't know how it came into my mind.

I don't know how it came into my body.

But if people were born to do something, I was born to try.

Do not be deterred.

Do me know.

You listen to your instinct.

All of you are so smart. All of you you know so much all of you have gained so

much from georgetown but your tummy your instinct knows everything and when your instinct talks to you

you listen you have my permission to relax for a while now because you've earned it.

Yeah.

And so what I'm saying is give yourself the weekend or, you know, the summer and until Labor Day I mean I mean

I mean Labor Day it's you know basically Thanksgiving and and and then after that

it's practically the holidays so you know you might wait till the new year to really, you know,

you know, lock in.

Yeah.

One of the best ways my mom shared her wisdom was in a set of principles she took time to write down.

She called it her top 10 list of how to achieve success.

Don't fear failure.

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