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College Graduation Quotes

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“Education is the best provision for old age.”

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead.”

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”

“Most people, I suspect, still have in their minds an image of America as the great land of college education, unique in the extent to which higher learning is offered to the population at large. That image used to correspond to reality. But these days young Americans are considerably less likely than young people in many other countries to graduate from college. In fact, we have a college graduation rate that's slightly below the average across all advanced economies.”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.”

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

“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.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”

“Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

“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.”

“Harry taught me that death isn't the end, it's the beginning.”

“The things taught in schools & colleges are not an education but the means of education.”

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

“Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.”

“Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

“Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

“I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.”

“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.”

“There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.”

“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.”

“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.”

“Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.”

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself.”

“Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.”

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

“Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

“My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.”

“All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.”

“Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.”

“Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”

“Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.”