grad·u·a·tion [graj-oo-ey-shuhn] – noun
1. an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
2. the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas, as at a college or school.
3. arrangement in degrees, levels or ranks
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There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises."
Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
~Orrin Hatch
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
Hitch your wagon to a star. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~Les Brown
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. ~Art Linkletter
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. ~Beverly Sills
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.
So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
~Attributed to Mark Twain, unconfirmed
Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young
but .... Wear Sunscreen
by Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune, June 1997
10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won't Tell You
by Charles Wheelan, The Wall Street Journal, April 2012
Why I am Never Asked to Give a Commencement Speech
by Alan Caruba, Warning Signs, May 2012
You're Not Special
by David McCullough, Jr.
, June 2012
