Best 286 quotes in «graduation quotes» category

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Life is not about warming yourself by the fire, life is about building the fire. And generosity is the match...If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap, but if you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not.

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius.

Life's too short to be an asshole, as an employer or as an employee.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.

Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.

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

Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either under a threat or for a challenge. In performing when it counts, it's one or the other, under a threat or for a challenge. If, as Einstein says, "Imagination will take you everywhere," then living your life under a threat will take you nowhere.

My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary section.

My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology.

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

Name it... and if you can dream it... you can achieve it.

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.

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

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.

Nothing worth knowing can be taught.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals.

People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the “lucky breaks” theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck... The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked.

People will frighten you about a graduation....They use words you don't hear often.

Put your future in good hands. Your own.

Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there, I dare you to do the opposite.

People are the stocks into which we are to invest our time ... the best of all investments you can make is to help people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. You can make a commitment right here and now ... I'm asking you today not to graduate but commence a new life for God every step of the way.

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God does not disqualify a student from delivering a graduation message. Being designated as valedictorian or salutatorian is an honor, and students chosen for that honor should be free to share their gratitude to God with their fellow students and family members.

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is will. The will to make it happen.

Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.