Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
President Bush delivered a commencement speech at a university in Wisconsin. A very inspirational speech. Apparently Bush told the students, 'You can… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
President Obama and Mitt Romney both gave commencement speeches over the last few days. Obama was like, 'You can be whatever you… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“we have each had a commencement, and each stumbled and tottered on the threshold, and had our teachers scorned, instead of aiding… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements.… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Donald Trump had a university. Well, the state attorney general decided that the Donald Trump University was an unlicensed sham. And I… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The way in which the persecution of Galileo has been remembered is a tribute to the quiet commencement of the most intimate… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
If God created the universe, there was a time when he commenced to create. Back of that commencement there must have been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We are masters of our actions from the beginning up to the very end. But, in the case of our habits, we… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The question I have is out of all these commencement speeches that are happening, what's the really worthwhile advice that a 21,… — David Corn Copy Share Image
If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible. You must be kind, yes,… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have come to the realization that history is not a fixed thing, a collection of precise dates, facts and events (even… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms nearly always shoot themselves in...the head. And the… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the… — Charles Sturt Copy Share Image
The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr., Le commencement et… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
It is to have a compulsive, repetitive, and nostalgic desire for the archive, an irrepressible desire to return to the origin, a… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university's board of trustees… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
“innocence is ignorance; ignorance is illusion; and Commencement, while it certainly is a metaphor, is no illusion. Commencement's for the disillusioned, not… — John Barth Copy Share Image
The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. [Commencement Address at American… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
Speaking at The Catholic University of America's commencement is such an honor because I will be among those who not only value… — Jonathan Roumie Copy Share Image
It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of… — Sallust Copy Share Image
The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
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