This year, as usual, several of the country's most successful people delivered commencement addresses at various colleges, but many had a similar message.

According to the Huffington Post, many speeches centered around themes of love, happiness, success and compassion. These six speakers highlighted those themes in particular.

1. Jim Carrey, comedic actor known for roles in "Dumb and Dumber" and "Bruce Almighty"

At the Maharishi School of Management: "Now fear is going to be a player in life, but you get to decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all it will ever be is what's happening here, the decisions in that we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear," Carrey said. "So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.

"Choose love, and don't ever let fear turn you against your playful heart."

2. Grace Potter, frontwoman of the band "the Nocturnals"

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At St. Lawrence University: "Honestly, more than anything else, it is love that got me here today... I see now that it's these experiences, large and small and people who give their time in our early lives that truly shape our path. I hope you can all feel my gratitude and share in this experience."

3. John Legend, Grammy award winning recording artist

"The reason I'm here, the reason I've had such a wonderful journey so far, is that I've found love. Yes, love. We were all made to love. And I've found that we live our best lives, we are at our most successful, not simply because we're smarter than everyone else, or because we hustle harder. Not because we become millionaires more quickly. The key to success, the key to happiness, is opening your mind and your heart to love. Spending your time doing things you love and with people you love."

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4. Rainn Wilson, actor known for portraying Dwight K. Schrute on "the Office"

At the University of Southern California: "The real trick to find joy is... share it. Tell someone you love - or better, someone you hate - what you're grateful [for] about them... Share of your heart and watch it soar."

5. Charlie Day, actor known for his role in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

At Merrimack College: "You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what's going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without this risk of criticism. And you cannot love without the risk of loss."

6. Jill Abramson, former New York Times executive editor

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At Wake Forest University: "I'm talking to anyone who's been dumped, not gotten the job you really wanted, or received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know the sting of losing. Or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of."