Funny Commencement Quotes - Page 4

• 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.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man". Book by William Hermanns, p. 143, 1983.

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• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

  Brooks Atkinson

  Graduation, College, Men

  Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”

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• Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Graduation, Bullying

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. Judy Garland.

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• Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.

  Neil Gaiman

  Graduation, Mistake, Graduates

  Neil Gaiman's Commencement Address at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.uarts.edu. May 17, 2012.

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

  Neil Gaiman

  Graduation, Interesting, World

  Neil Gaiman (2016). “The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction”, p.418, Hachette UK

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• The things taught in schools & colleges are not an education but the means of education.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Graduation, Education, Teaching

  "Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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

  Jim Carrey

  Graduation, Path, Commencement

  Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.mum.edu. May 24, 2014.

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• Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

  Conan O'Brien

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Conan O'Brien's Commencement Address at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.dartmouth.edu. June 12, 2013.

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• So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

  Bill Watterson

  Graduation, Real, World

  "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled". Bill Watterson's commencement speech at the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 20, 1990.

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• There is just one life for each of us: our own.

  Euripides

  Life, Positive, Graduation

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• Do not follow where the path may lead.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Graduation, Travel, Adventure

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• In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

  Harold Geneen

  Life, Motivational, Graduation

  "Managing". Book by Harold Geneen, 1984.

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