Graduation Quotes - Page 13

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room. In professional circles it's called networking. In organizations it's called team building. And in life it's called family, friends, and community. We are all gifts to each other, and my own growth as a leader has shown me again and again that the most rewarding experiences come from my relationships.

In the game of life, when the final buzzer sounds, the only stat you carry with you is the number of assists you made.

Life's too short to be an asshole, as an employer or as an employee.

Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they may.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.

Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

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

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

The pen is in your hands, the rest is still unwritten.

It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Last but not least, I would say you should have big dreams, full dreams, not half dreams. You know, it's very simple. You can't put a large box in a small box. Well, you cannot put a full life in a small dream box.

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

Life is not fair get used to used to it

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

The most important aspect of freedom of speech is freedom to learn. All education is a continuous dialogue - questions and answers that pursue every problem on the horizon. That is the essence of academic freedom.

Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.