Quotes of the Week - May 20, 2008:
"I wish for the recovery of my daughter Kerstin, the love of my children,
the protection of my family and for people with heart and compassion."
-- Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman kept as sex slave by her father
for 24 years thanks people for their support in a handwritten message
on notice board in square of her home town.
"No foreigners allowed." -- Burmese police officer stops aid
workers from entering cyclone-stricken communities in Irrawaddy Delta.
"My wife wouldn't let me retire. She kicks me out of the door at
7am every morning. She's quite a formidable person." -- Sir Alex
Ferguson after his team Manchester United won Premier League title.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
-- US President George Bush explains why he quite the game in 2003.
Topic: Graduation Quotes - Famous Graduation
Quotes, Sayings for Graduates
A business that makes nothing but money is a
poor business. Henry Ford
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker
tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns
that 'individuality' is the key to success. Robert Orben
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight
car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the
whole railroad. Theodore Roosevelt
A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep. W.H. Auden
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon Essays, 1625
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy
were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is
taught. Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue
them. Walt Disney
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine
what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then
they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or
purpose. Brian Tracy
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate
version of somebody else. Judy Garland
At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards. My
hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold,
and wear sombreros. Paul Freund
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind
don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that
outgoing college students should never be released into the
world until they have been properly sedated. Garry Trudeau
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there
is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you
can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds
that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something
remarkable. Wendy Wasserstein
Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade."
Instead, learn the trade. Attributed to both James Charlton and
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts
of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us
a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last
one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the
school?"Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning
woman several times, but how would I know her name I handed
in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class
ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward
our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In
your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant.
They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is
smile and say hello. "I've never forgotten that lesson.
I also learned her name was Dorothy. Joann C. Jones
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no
crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave.
At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace
and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue,
it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it,
what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage. Joseph Addison
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember
from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde The Critic as Artist, 1890
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of
a fire. William Butler Yeats
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change
the world. Nelson Mandela
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been
forgotten. B.F. Skinner
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. Ralph Marston
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life
you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony
as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two
years of child-raising, they are unemployed. Erma Bombeck
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S. Buck
Hitch your wagon to a star. Ralph Waldo Emerson
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something
but to be someone. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I
will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have
risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help
to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a
better place for what I've done and who I've been. C. Hoppe
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Milton Berle
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with
enthusiasm. Vince Lombardi
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream
it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward
If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground,
then the university has failed you. Robert Goheen Time Magazine, 23 June 1961
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! Andy McIntyre
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and
experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold Geneen
It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds
pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the
opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock. Woody Allen "My Speech to the Graduates",
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it. Aristotle
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e.e. cummings
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education,
and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. Brooks Atkinson Once Around the Sun
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for
a sail and lots of nerve for oars. Richard Halliburton
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. Roger Babson
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! Louisa May Alcott
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll
never have to work a day in your life." Jim Fox
Nothing happens unless first a dream. Carl Sandburg
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your
eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen
bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge
sort of accumulates. A. Lawrence Lowell
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,
not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who
am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually,
who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing
small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around
you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born
to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not
just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to
do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson A Return to Love: Reflections on
the Principles of "A Course in Miracles," 1992 (commonly
misattributed to Nelson Mandela, 1994 inauguration speech)
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress
in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. Jack Kennedy
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the
stars. Les Brown
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in
life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations,
the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones
are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced,
stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never
leave. Our lives are measured by these. Susan B. Anthony
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with
no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set
yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you
to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving. Russell Green
The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one
at the end of your own arm. Fred Dehner
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match,
each one of you is a fuse. Ed Koch
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps
of change. Maya Angelou
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph
to be happy. Ben Stein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline
of wonder. Ralph W. Sockman
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination
to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little
he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. Henry Ford
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition
of continually asking questions. Bishop Mandell Creighton
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade
you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement
exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. Orrin Hatch
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who
wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. G.K. Chesterton
There is just one life for each of us: our own. Euripides
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of
the way things turn out. Art Linkletter
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Life's Little Instruction Book
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one
does, what one feels, and what one achieves. Jawaharlal Nehru
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best,
night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the
hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop
fighting. e.e. cummings 1955
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. A.A. Milne
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become
a man of value. Albert Einstein
Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda In movie The Empire Strikes Back
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift
to God. Eleanor Powell
When you leave here, don't forget why you came. Adlai Stevenson To college graduates
Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation
which he should do even if he did not need the money. William Lyon Phelps
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your
own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo The College Blue Book
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always
have to be their top priority. William Arthur Ward
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You
may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you
to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change
the world. Tom Brokaw
You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your
hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay,
with millions of thumbprints on it. John Updike
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone
who will never be able to repay you. John Wooden
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss
Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine
the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most
opportune time to ask for money. Gary Bolding
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