Quotes on Funny Graduation

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.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

I wish that someone had said to me that it's normal to feel lost for a little while.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

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.

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.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

I am terminally sentimental about graduations. They are more individual than weddings, more conscious than christenings, or bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs. They are almost as much a step into the unknown as funerals-though I assure you, there is life after graduation.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

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

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.

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.

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid.

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.