Quotes & Sayings About Successful Graduates

I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress. — Shinzo Abe

When our children are old enough, and if we can afford to, we send them to college, where despite the recent proliferation of courses on 'happiness' and 'positive psychology,' the point is to acquire the skills not of positive thinking but of *critical* thinking, and critical thinking is inherently skeptical. The best students
and in good colleges, also the most successful
are the ones who raise sharp questions, even at the risk of making a professor momentarily uncomfortable. Whether the subject is literature or engineering, graduates should be capable of challenging authority figures, going against the views of their classmates, and defending novel points of view. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Never make a roadblock of yourself on trouble's road. No, make yourself a bridge instead, with stones slick as grease. — Steven Erikson

It is a reality show ... this show is never without drama. — Mario Vazquez

At war, there's no right or wrong.
Winner's right while loser's wrong. — Toba Beta

I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before, if possible, to whatever degree that sometimes changes, and how much is something now that I wouldn't have a year ago but sort of based on what I've done recently as well. — Guy Pearce

If establishment journalists were to replicate actual stenography, it would be an improvement on most of the work they produce. — Glenn Greenwald

a quotation from the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset as an epigraph for Stoner: "A hero is one who wants to be himself." In — John Williams

As a founder of two organizations that recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity, I've spent a lot of time examining what's at work in successful classrooms and schools over the past two decades. — Wendy Kopp

A very wise dog woman once told me that dogs find owners, not the other way around. They pick you and they choose to stay with you. In that way, they are also giving you the end of their life. The deeper the bond, the harder it is to say good-bye. I know I'd rather have any amount of time with a dog I love and suffer the mourning than not have the time at all. — Julie Klam

Make your work IMPORTANT. Important enough to ignore other things. mportant enough to decide to finish it. Important enough to say 'No' to anything else - until it's done." - from "How to Focus : Stop Procrastination, Improve Your Concentration, & Get More Done! — Mani S. Sivasubramanian

And yes, he tells you that you're beautiful, and suddenly, you are. — Jess Rothenberg

But are there not many fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes. — Ernest Hemingway,

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling. — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

DON'T QUIT NOW
Successful graduates from the school of life thrive on failed attempts
Kamil Ali — Kamil Ali

And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time. — Lady Gaga