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At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got on stage, there were kids in the background who all screamed, "Marry me!," very loud.
Oct 2, 2025
Listen. I may not be much, but I'm all I've got. Maybe you need a magnifying glass to find my face in my high school graduation photo. Maybe I haven't got any family or friends. Yes, yes, I know all that. But, strange as it might seem, I'm not entirely dissatisfied with life... I feel pretty much at home with what I am. I don't want to go anywhere. I don't want any unicorns behind fences.
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.
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.
Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.
Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
Harry taught me that death isn't the end, it's the beginning.
Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
The things taught in schools & colleges are not an education but the means of education.
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.
Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
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.
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.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
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.
The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.
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.
My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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.
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Do not follow where the path may lead.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.