Browsing Topic Best Funny Commencement Quotes

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

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

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

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it.

It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

People will frighten you about a graduation….They use words you don’t hear often.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.

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.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

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

Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

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.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

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.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

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

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.