Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with
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Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.
People will frighten you about a graduation.... T
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People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed. It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
At commencement you wear your square-shaped morta
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At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards. My hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear sombreros.
[I]t is clear the future holds great opportunitie
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[I]t is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.
Graduation is only a concept. In real life
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Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference.
It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days
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It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days.
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies
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There is a good reason they call these ceremonies commencement exercises. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
Your schooling may be over, but remember that you
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Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.
All that stands between the graduate and the top
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All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.
The future lies before you
Like a field of dr
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The future lies before you
Like a field of driven snow,
Be careful how you tread it,
For every step will show.
Graduation day is tough for adults. They go
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Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from
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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.
Commencement speeches were invented largely in th
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Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
You are educated. Your certification is in
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You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
Don't live down to expectations. Go out the
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Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
The tassel's worth the hassle!
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