A collection of highly-motivational and inspirational materials (at least for me):
Steve Jobs’s Commencement Speech in 2005 at Stanford University
Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Jeff Hawkins’s TED Talk: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
Andrew Ng (Director of Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab) – The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Richard Feynman’s commencement address given in 1974 at Caltech – “Cargo Cult Science”
Bruno Bozzetto – Freedom must always be conquered (Celebration of 60 years of freedom, by Council of Bergamo)
Melinda Gates’ Graduation Speech at Duke University, 2013
Al Pacino’s “Inches” Speech, from the movie “Any Given Sunday”, 1999