Graduation Quotes - Page 13

• The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre of polite society; if is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment from which forms the secret of civilization.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Education, Teacher, Money

  W. E. B. Du Bois (2016). “The Souls of Black Folk”, p.71, First Avenue Editions

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• We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Stars, Eye, Men

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• For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Future, Eye, Science

  "Locksley Hall" l. 119 (1842)

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• The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

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• Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Freedom, Responsibility, Men

  Jean-Paul Sartre (2012). “The Philosophy of Existentialism: Selected Essays”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Success, Lying

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment Series (18 Books in One Volume): Steps to Success and Power, How to Get What You Want, An Iron Will, Be Good to Yourself, Every Man A King, Keeping Fit, Prosperity – How to Attract It, Stepping-Stones To Fame And Fortune...”, p.2404, e-artnow

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• Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

  Archimedes

  Determination, Moving, Discovery

  Quoted in Pappus, Synagoge

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• Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.

  Neil Gaiman

  Stupid, Mean, People

  "The Sandman. #36: I Woke Up And One Of Us Was Crying". Comic book by Neil Gaiman, 1992.

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• Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

  John Green

  Hipster, Secret, Weapons

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.115, Penguin

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• You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Motivational, Long Distance Relationship, Education

  Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (1987). “Frank Lloyd Wright: his living voice”, California State University (Fresno)

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• The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.

  Martha Reeves

  Inspirational, Funny, Dream

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• Believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself and put yourself out there, that you will have an impact, as a result of what you do. And you don't need to know now what that would be or how will it happen because no one ever does.

  Dick Costolo

  Inspirational, Believe, Impact

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• Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

  Bradley Whitford

  Hero, Leader, Choices

  Bradley Whitford's Commencement Address at University of Wisconsin-Madison in in Madison, Wisconsin, news.wisc.edu. May 15, 2004.

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

  Terry Teachout

  People, Luck, Way

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• 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.

  Ed Helms

  Running, Opportunity, Self

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• We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

  Bradley Whitford

  Believe, Break, Chains

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• Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.

  Tim Minchin

  Powerful, Cat, People

  Tim Minchin's Commencement Address at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia, www.timminchin.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

  Lewis Black

  Secret, Want, Being True

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• It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid.

  Susan Sontag

  Funny Graduation, Hard

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• Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.

  Richard Russo

  Be Kind, Tire, Drink

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• As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.

  Alan Alda

  Becoming, Speed

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• Curiosity is the key to creativity.

  Akio Morita

  Creativity, Keys, Curiosity

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• We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

  Ernest Holmes

  Choices, Moments, Individual

  Ernest Holmes (2012). “The Science of Mind Collection”, p.100, Penguin

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• I make my weaknesses my strengths and my stengths stronger.

  Lisa Fernandez

  Stronger, Weakness

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• Grow up and let anyone try to content with the adult you.

  Margaret Cho

  Growing Up, Trying, Adults

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