 “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

” —John Dewey
 “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” —C.S.
Lewis
 “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only
plan, but also believe.” —Anatole France
 “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to
fulfill your own purpose and potential.” —Kerry Washington
 “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to
what lies within us.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
 “The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of
you is a fuse.” —Edward Koch
 “There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.” —Jennifer Aniston
 “Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But
don’t forget to enjoy the journey.” —Michael Josephson
 “The only thing you can do in this life is pursue your passions, celebrate
your bloopers and never stop following your fear.” —Grace Helbig
 “Kid, you’ll move mountains.” —Dr. Seuss
 “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” —Albert
Einstein
 “Every person you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” —H
Jackson Brown Jr.
 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.” —Mark Twain

 “When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.” —Adlai E. Stevenson
 “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of
enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill
 “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.” —Jim Carrey
 “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” —Steve
Jobs
 “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so
cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you
fail by default.” —J.K. Rowling
 “When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed
and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” —
Ellen DeGeneres
 “So, I say to you, forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just
harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has
one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.” —Oprah Winfrey
 “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined.” —Henry David Thoreau
 “The most rewarding things in life are often the ones that look like they
cannot be done.” —Arnold Palmer
 “Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make
glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more
interesting for you being here. Make good art.” —Neil Gaiman
 “If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means
paint and that voice will be silenced.” —Vincent Van Gogh
 “In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep
dreaming and make reality.” —Kristian Kan
 “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do
something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson
 “You have to dance a little bit before you step out into the world each day,
because it changes the way you walk.” —Sandra Bullock
 “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t
matter and those who matter don’t mind.” —Dr. Seuss

 “In this life we cannot do greatTH things. We can only do small things with
great love.” —Mother Teresa
 “Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things
turn out.” —Art Linkletter
 “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can
become it.” —William Arthur Ward
 “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” —Bob Marley
 “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” —Oscar Wilde
 “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the
door.” —Kyle Chandler
 “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer
yourself in any direction you choose.” —Dr. Seuss
 “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” —Ralph Waldo
Emerson
 “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” —Babe
Ruth
 “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” —Anthony
Robbins
 “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” —Grandma
Moses
 “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs . . .
one step at a time.” —Joe Girard
 “The road to success is always under construction.”—Lily Tomlin
 “There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t
even.’ But you can! You can even!” —Katie Couric
 “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already
tomorrow in Australia.”—Charles Schulz
 “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.” —
Theodore Roosevelt

 “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” —Confucius

 “Follow your fear.” —Tina Fey
 “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” —Milton Berle
 “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” —Truman Capote
 “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” —Shakespeare
 “The tassel’s worth the hassle.” —Anonymous
 “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” — Napoleon Hill
 “Believe and act is if it were impossible to fail.” —Charles Kettering
 “Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.” —Patch Adams
 “Dream big and dare to fail.” —Norman Vaughan
 “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” —Francois Rabelais
 “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” —Albert Einstein
 “You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.” —
Arnold Schwarzenegger
 “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” —
Oprah Winfrey
 “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” —Maya Angelou

 “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who
keeps learning stays young.” —Henry Ford
 “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.”—Alexander Graham Bell
 “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.” —Arie Pencovici
 “Knowledge is not power. The implementation of knowledge is power.” —
Larry Winget
 “Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never
regrets.” —Leonardo da Vinci
 “Let us never be betrayed into saying we have finished our education;
because that would mean we had stopped growing.” —Julia H. Gulliver
 “You can never plan the future by the past.” —Edmund Burke
 “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is
noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience,
which is the bitterest.” —Confucius
 “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn
 “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become
actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they
become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” —Lao-
Tze
 “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.” —Stephen Colbert
 “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” —
Vince Lombardi
 In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience.
Take experience first; the cash will come later.” —Harold Geneen
 “Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.” —Roger Babson
 “The important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all
that we are for what we can become.” —DeSeaux