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Graduation Day Quotes

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

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

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

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

“You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

“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.”

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

“I didn't like university life much at Bologna. The subjects I studied - economics and business administration - didn't interest me. I wanted to make films. I was glad when I was graduated. Yet it's odd; on graduation day, I was overcome with a terrible sadness. I realized that my youth was over and now the struggle had begun.”

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

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.”

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

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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

“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”

“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.”

“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”

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

“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.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.”

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