Quotes on Funny Commencement

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

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.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.

Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push up bras.

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don't want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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