1.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
Express yourself authentically and don't be afraid to speak your truth, as those with significance won't criticize you and those who do are inconsequential. Don't lament the past; rejoice in its existence.
2.
You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.
Mahatma Gandhi
You may never be aware of the consequences that result from your actions, but unless you take action there will be no outcome.
3.
Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Every individual you encounter holds some knowledge unfamiliar to you; absorb their wisdom.
4.
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.
Frank Lloyd Wright
You must fully commit yourself to any endeavor in order to attain true reward.
5.
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
Michelle Obama
6.
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It is erroneous to assert that individuals cease aiming for ambitions as they age, rather, they age because they abandon their aspirations.
7.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner
Enlightenment persists even after knowledge is forgotten.
8.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Edmund Hillary
'We are the only obstacle to our success; the peak is merely a by-product of our determination.'
9.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Albert Einstein
Reason will take you from A to B, but Creativity will transport you everywhere.
10.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
'There is no blueprint for a fortress in the sky.'
11.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Do not expect the universe to provide for you merely because you exist. The cosmos is indifferent; it preceded your presence.
12.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
Wilson Mizner
Treat others with kindness and respect during your ascent, for you may encounter them again in your descent.
13.
Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats
Learning is not the filling of a pail, but the igniting of a flame.
14.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller
Always keep your chin up and confront reality unblinkingly.
15.
Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
Archimedes
Provide me a secure footing and I shall shift the world.
16.
Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
Neil Gaiman
Venture forth and commit remarkable errors, create extraordinary blunders, craft majestic and wondrous missteps. Defy conventions. Make the world more captivating due to your presence here.
17.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Sydney J. Harris
The essential intent of education is to transform reflections into portals.
18.
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
Jawaharlal Nehru
The passing of life is determined not by the duration of years but by what one accomplishes, experiences, and attains.
19.
I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I wish you will venture out and enable adventures to occur to you, and that you will cultivate them, nurture them with your sweat and tears plus your guffaws until they blossom, until you yourself burst into florescence.
20.
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. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Dr. Seuss
21.
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
Struggle against the odds to remain true to one's identity in a world that relentlessly attempts to conform you.
22.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Confucius
Wherever you venture, go with full conviction.
23.
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor Hugo
24.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde
25.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Ella Fitzgerald
26.
Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.
Julie Andrews
27.
I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.
David Bowie
28.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Wayne Dyer
29.
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
Eartha Kitt
30.
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
Marian Wright Edelman
31.
If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. . . . And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made - that you made - and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
William H. McRaven
33.
Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
Orrin Hatch
34.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs
35.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John Wooden
37.
That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
Jimmy Iovine
38.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin
39.
Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.
Michael Josephson
41.
What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
Eleanor Powell
42.
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.
Vince Lombardi
43.
I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.
Daniel J. Evans
44.
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
Sophia Loren
46.
Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.
Erma Bombeck
48.
Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.
Julie Taymor
49.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
Jimmy Carter
50.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain