Quotes on Graduation Commencement

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

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.

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

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.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

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.

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