Graduation Quotes

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

You know what makes your heart swift, you know what makes your breath catch your throat, you know what makes your chest tight with anticipation. Go get that!

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.

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

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

I finally just slept with my high school crush. But I swear; now he expects me to go to his graduation - like I know where I'm going to be in three years.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

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

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.

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

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

Death is very likely the single best invention of life.

You're not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You're going to advance in life by what you're going to learn after you leave here.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

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

Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.

Don't be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.

Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.

Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite yourpassion.

Success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.

In the world of entrepreneurs, you don't need a college education. You need a proper education.

Everything that's difficult you should be able to laugh about.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

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

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

Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.