For many, the time has finally come- Graduation. Whether it’s parents marveling at the time they’ve flown by, or schoolchildren looking starry-eyed at the opportunities that come into view, it’s finally here. It is high school graduates preparing for college csel, or college grads nervous while driving their backs; they squared their shoulders and embarked on a new journey, ready and terrified, all the same as those who begin the hunt. But don’t worry, with new ideas and aspirations, this event marks a certain moment in the lives of many. Streaked with tears and blessed with hope, she enters a new world where dreams reign and are to come. it is infinite.
Here are 10 quotes from a few who have walked the stage before you.
1. To you who have received honors, prizes and dignities, I say well. And to the 100 students, I say that you can also one day be president of the United States of America. George W. Bush
2. The graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identity sheets and gowns that “individuality” is the key to success.
Robert Orben
3. You always get the first-rate version, instead of another second-rate version.
Judy Garland
4. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without passion.
Winston Churchill
5. Graduation day is tough for adults. They come to the parade as parents. They come home contemporaneously. After twenty-two years, women are unemployed.
Erma Bombeck
6. Education is an admirable thing, but it is good to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde
7. If you can’t find a way with no obstacles, it probably won’t lead anywhere.
Frank A. Clark
8. Without education we run the terrible and pernicious risk of taking educated men seriously
G.K. Chesterton
9. If you do not burn with enthusiasm, you will burn with enthusiasm.
Vince Lombardi
10. My father always told me “Find a job you love and never have to work in your life.”
Jim Fox
So do live life and remember that the best things happen to the people who do the best. Art Linkletter
