Graduation Quotes · Page 21

I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left…

— Stephanie Ruhle

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

— Scott Hamilton

Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.

— James Tobin

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

— Andre Gide

They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign…

— Vernon Law

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means to an education.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how…

— Derek Bok

There's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist—it's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an…

— Kara Walker

I started finishing 'Nostalgic' while trying to graduate at the same time. I graduated from high school, got my diploma, and my…

— Denzel Curry

As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by…

— Bob Beckel

I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of…

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

“Graduation makes us qualified Learning makes us skillful Practicing makes us confident Practicing wisely makes us accepted or else we are lost…

— DrT.V.Rao MD

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life,…

— Bible

“From my locker I collected my sneakers, jock strap, and gym pants and then turned away, leaving the door ajar for the…

— John Knowles

“Never, give in! Never give in! Never, never, never... In nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to…

— Anonymous

Why must everyone need a doctorate to teach? You can be a graduate from my institute in two months and for $11,000.

— Bikram Choudhury

Senioritis features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and dismissive attitude. The only known cure is a phenomena known as graduation.

— Anonymous

My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue…

— Jillian Bach

I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short.

— Terry Teachout

At a certain point, the graduate school thing didn't work out, and that meant I was liberated.

— Kurt Elling

I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my…

— David Eddings

The graduation part of today doesn't really sink in until you lay down on your bed and realize, wow now I'm moving…

— Anonymous

I just wanna graduate high school already and do things in college that actually count as something in my life.

— Anonymous

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

— Al McGuire

You truly deserve the success, and with such efforts you are sure to earn more. Keep up the good work. Congratulations on…

— Anonymous

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

— Fred Allen

How were we to know 'Highway' would be such a success? It is one of my proudest achievements.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

I hope this will find you...enjoying the commencement of a new year with every prospect that can make it a happy one.

— James Madison

I've done everything from working at a local Waffle House to becoming the first female graduate of The Citadel.

— Nancy Mace

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

— Ted Nelson

I really don't give a f*ck about your graduation party. I only came for the free food.

— Anonymous

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

— Bill Cosby

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are…

— Sydney J. Harris

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

— Moira Kelly

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

— Anonymous

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement.

— James A. Champy

My parents wanted to make sure I at least had the high school diploma, so I got a GED.

— Jared Isaacman

With your serious efforts and sincere dedication, you were sure to succeed. Congratulations, well done. May you always keep up the good…

— Anonymous

If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the…

— Agnes Sligh Turnbull