Graduation Quotes
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I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
Christina Aguilera -
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare
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This above all; to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare -
It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a speed course. They demand your attention and require you to be present. They are coming...they are here..... and then they are gone. It's how life comes. Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.
Wynton Marsalis -
School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration.
Clint Smith -
I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation.
Will McDonough -
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
Sarah Caldwell -
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
Wilson Mizner
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America must always lead on the world stage. If we don't, no one else will. The military that you have joined is, and always will be, the backbone of that leadership. But U.S. military action cannot be the only - or even primary - component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
Barack Obama -
I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift.
Maya Hawke -
Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.
Sandra Day O'Connor -
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats -
I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.
George Foreman -
Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
Herb Ritts
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Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.
Mindy Kaling -
The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.
Tony Hillerman -
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
William Arthur Ward -
Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.
Richard Le Gallienne -
Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.
Erma Bombeck -
A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
Moira Kelly
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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 -
When you work for other people you'll find ... that they do know what's best for them, and for the company. And you should listen to them and be respectful, but they don't know what's best for you.
Mike Judge -
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
Mother Teresa -
I have a good cry once in a while; it's such a great release. Or it could be a cry of joy - watching your child being born or your child walking across a graduation stage.
Raheem DeVaughn