My graduation quotes & sayings Weblog

Memorable Graduation Quotes for High School

samsonlikns — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:26:26 +0000

If there were ever a time to dare,

To make a difference

To embark on something worth doing

It is now.

Not for any grand cause, necessarily –

But for something that tugs at your hear

Something that is worth your aspiration

Something that is your dream.

You owe it to yourself

To make your days count.

Have fun. Dig deep. Stretch.

Dream big.

Funny Graduation Quotes – Quotations

samsonlikns — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:25:10 +0000

All our dreams can come true…if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela

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.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
- Dr. Seuss

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
- George Bernard Shaw

Graduation messages to inspire

samsonlikns — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:21:26 +0000

Not once did I ever doubt you’d make it.

May your degree unlock many doors to well deserved success.

To happy endings and new beginnings. Congratulations!

Graduation is a time to celebrate your achievements, prepare for a future of opportunities and embrace a world of infinite possibilities.

You have worked hard; now enjoy reaping the benefits!

wise senior graduation messages

samsonlikns — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:19:25 +0000

Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference.

Arie Pencovici

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

Madonna

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

Anthony J. D’Angelo

A number of factors contribute to the sustained demand for rented accommodation in Yorkshire. The burgeoning student population of England’s largest county, with major universities at Sheffield, Hull, Leeds and York, among others, underpin demand for rented properties. Many students, after graduation, remain in the county and as ‘first jobbers’ look for shared accommodation with their friends in the major towns.

graduation inspirational words

samsonlikns — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:52:30 +0000

I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.
– Author Unknown

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
– Aristotle
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
– William Arthur Ward
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
– e.e. cummings

Graduation inspirational quotes

samsonlikns — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:55:07 +0000

“All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.” – Anonymous.

* “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.” – Erma Bombeck.
“People will frighten you about a graduation…They use words you don’t hear often… “And we wish you Godspeed.” It is a warning, Godpeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.” – Bill Cosby.

“”Me, we.” (the shortest graduation quote & speech, delivered at a Harvard graduation.) – Anonymous.

“The elective system … offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canapés of knowledge and never had their fill.” – Ted Morgan.

high school graduation sayings

samsonlikns — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:38:45 +0000

The young graduate is discovering that among the necessaries of life, the most important is living
Author: Anonymous

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning
Author: Orrin Hatch

There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you – just reach deep into yourself!
Author: Anonymous

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
Author: A. A. Milne

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
Author: William Lyon Phelps

Random Graduation Sayings

samsonlikns — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:49:45 +0000

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. ~Tom Brokaw

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle

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, Once Around the Sun, 1951

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. ~Theodore Roosevelt

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin

Graduation Quotes, commencement exercises, convocation sayings

samsonlikns — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:56:00 +0000

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that “individuality” is the key to success.” -Robert Orben

“Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.” -Gary Bolding

“Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference.” -Arie Pencovici

“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.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.” -Erma Bombeck

Graduation Quotes, Inspirational Words of Wisdom

samsonlikns — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:20:10 +0000

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn; not knowledge, but power.
- Charles W. Eliot

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.
- Joseph Story

Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a walking university.
- Edwin Hubbell Chapin

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Earl of Beaconsfield

The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have learned this at least by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau