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It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and

It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days.  ~Isabel Waxman

Life is my college. May I graduate well,

Life is my college.  May I graduate well, and earn some honors!  ~Louisa May Alcott

Hitch your wagon to...

Hitch your wagon to a star.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles,

I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.  ~Author Unknown

Don't live down to expectations.

Don't live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable.  ~Wendy Wasserstein

Your schooling may be over, but remember that ...

Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.  ~Author Unknown

Animation cartoon about One of Iran villages called Masouleh

One smile has the power to... Calm fears.

One smile has the power to... Calm fears. Soften stone walls. Warm a cold heart. Invite a new friend. Mimic a loving hug. Beautify the bearer. Lighten heavy loads. Promote good deeds. Brighten a gloomy day. Comfort a grieving spirit. Offer hope to the forlorn. Send a message of caring. Lift the downtrodden soul. Patch up invisible wounds. Weaken the hold of misery. Act as medicine for suffering. Attract the companionship of angels. Fulfill the human need for recognition. Who knew changing the world would prove so simple? ~Richelle E. Goodrich

"You never lose by loving. You always lose...

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” - Barbara De Angelis

"If you love something, set it free' if ...

“If you love something, set it free’ if it comes back it’s yours. If it doesn’t It never was.” - Richard Bach

“Love is like Roller Coaster, once you have completed the ride, you want to go again.” - Winnie the Pooh

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” - Franklin P. Jones “A heart filled with love is never heavy.” - Lucy Van Pelt

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” - Mother Teresa

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” - Mother Teresa “Age does not protect you from love but love, to some extent, protects you from age.” - Jeanne Moreau

“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.” - William Shakespeare

“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.” - William Shakespeare “Hopeless romantics are only hopeless in the eyes of those who don’t believe in romance.” - Jean Zheng

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me And be my love forever.” - Robert Browning

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me And be my love forever.” - Robert Browning

“Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration Of another’s personhood.” - Unknown

“Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration Of another’s personhood.” - Unknown

“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.” - Goethe

“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.” - Goethe

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” - Robert Frost

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” - Robert Frost

“Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.” - Albert Einstein

“Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.” - Albert Einstein

“Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.” - James Graham

“Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.” - James Graham

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.” - Comte Debussy – Rabutin

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand, Leave the fingers open and it stays Clutch it and it darts away.” - Dorothy Darker

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand,Leave the fingers open and it stays Clutch it and it darts away.” - Dorothy Darker

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade...

What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God.  ~Eleanor Powell Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade."  Instead, learn the trade.  ~Attributed to both James Charlton and H. Jackson Brown, Jr. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.  ~Beverly Sills Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.  ~David Lloyd George

During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. ~Joann C. Jones

During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz.  I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:  "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"  Surely this was a joke.  I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name?  I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.  Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade.  "Absolutely," the professor said.  "In your careers, you will meet many people.  All are significant.  They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello."  I've never forgotten that lesson.  I also learned her name was Dorothy.  ~Joann C. Jones My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life."  ~Jim Fox

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.  ~Nelson Henderson 

The future lies before you Like a field of driven snow, Be careful how you tread it, For every step will show. ~Author Unknown

The future lies before you Like a field of driven snow, Be careful how you tread it, For every step will show. ~Author Unknown

People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: "And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices. ~Bill Cosby

People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often:  "And we wish you Godspeed."  It is a warning, Godspeed.  It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.  ~Bill Cosby

It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. ...

It is clear the future holds great opportunities.  It also holds pitfalls.  The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.  ~Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects , 1980

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. ~Garry Trudeau

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.  ~Garry Trudeau

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest...

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.  ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car...

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

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education..

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.  ~Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun , 1951

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

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

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life...

You are educated.  Your certification is in your degree.  You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.  Let me ask you to think of an alternative.  Think of it as your ticket to change the world.  ~Tom Brokaw

Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents...

Graduation day is tough for adults.  They go to the ceremony as parents.  They come home as contemporaries.  After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.  ~Erma Bombeck

Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate.

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

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder. ~Author Unknown

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.  ~Author Unknown

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

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

The tassel's worth the hassle! ~Author Unknown

The tassel's worth the hassle!  ~Author Unknown

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money. ~Gary Bolding

Your families are extremely proud of you.  You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing.  This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.  ~Gary Bolding

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

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

Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. ~Richard Halliburton

Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.  ~Richard Halliburton
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that "individuality" is the key to success.  ~Robert Orben

Location, location, location!

Kandovan village

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Did you get my good side?

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