Commencement Quotes

Commencement Quote of the day

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.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university's board of trustees for more than three decades.

And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.

It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.

You will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse.

Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

Anybody can have a life. Careers are hard to come by.

It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]

Axiome: la haine du bourgeois est le commencement de la vertu. Axiom: Hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom.

In love it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that we find pleasure in frequently recommencing.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

Chemistry, unlike other sciences, sprang originally from delusions and superstitions, and was at its commencement exactly on a par with magic and astrology.

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

I hope this will find you...enjoying the commencement of a new year with every prospect that can make it a happy one.

En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.

You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.

Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the commencement of the work of life.

The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969.

Commencement addresses are usually garbage. They're for colleges seeking publicity.

The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.

There is a two-fold solemnity which belongs to the dying hour-it is the winding up of life, and it is the commencement of eternity.

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)

The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without having a beginning. You must begin by all means.

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.I wish you all very good lives.