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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

“Education is the best provision for old age.”

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

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

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

“If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

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

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

“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 can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

“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.”

“Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.”

“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.”

“To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

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