Graduation Quotes - Page 9

Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there, I dare you to do the opposite.

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative - no author does, I can tell you - you could nevertheless create it.

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Life is not easy for anyone. Sometimes you don't see the challenges on the outside, but every single one of us has both those and everything that goes on inside as well. Give it your all. Dare to be all you can be.

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.

You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

You know what makes your heart swift, you know what makes your breath catch your throat, you know what makes your chest tight with anticipation. Go get that!

The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.

At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.

What mark will I leave behind? How will anyone know I have been here? What sign will tell the future traveler I existed? 'I am here! Today... I exist'. I believe the deepest impression is made in those moments when I can say 'I care, I love'.