Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.This is a group with many gifts. I’m sure one of your gifts is the gift of a smart and capable brain.
スピーチの最後の方で、「明日から、あなた自身が創造する、本当の意味でのあなた方の人生の物語が始まる(Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own — begins.)」として、以下のような問いかけの言葉を、べゾスは卒業生たちに贈っている。
How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?