Graduation+Quotes

 When nothing seems to help... I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it, but all that has gone before. ---Jacob A. Rils “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot  'm the crown, coming to town, signing your yearbook upside down. (signs upside down) --Unknown  If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.  <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">--Confucius <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing. <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">--Confucius <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Do not fail <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> To learn from <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> The pure voice of an <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Ever-flowing mountain stream <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Splashing over the rocks. <span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Author: Morihei Ueshiba // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">,mm    // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">" Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others." //

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">"Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before." <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -Shel Silverstein <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn."  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -David Russell      <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">    -// Ziggy //      <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -// Confucius //                 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours." <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">    -// Swedish Proverb //     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> 1.   If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">high school is a lot like toilet paper, you only miss it when its gone - Kate Kulikova     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, //The College Blue Book//

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">// — Dr. Seuss // // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">// them feel.” //-Carl W. Buechner <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Don't cry because it's over; <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">smile because it happened. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Can teach young hearts what they should be ** ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Nor all the books upon the shelves ** ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">But what the teachers are themselves.” ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">** - author unknown ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">// You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. // ~ John Updike <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you - just reach deep into yourself! <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Do or do not. There is no try." //Yoda//  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  "To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, To find the best in others, To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." //[|Ralph Waldo Emerson]//   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">“No written word nor mortal plea **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Success ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">
 * George Herman "Babe" Ruth**

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Be who you are <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. — Dr. Seuss

When the world says, "Give up," <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~Author Unknown Erich Fromm: Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Freidrick Nietzsche: You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall --Confucius

Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing. --Confucius Do not fail To learn from The pure voice of an Ever-flowing mountain stream Splashing over the rocks. Author: Morihei Ueshiba

" Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands.  One for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

"Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem,  Sing a mumble-gumble song,  Whistle through your comb.  Do a loony-goony dance  'Cross the kitchen floor,  Put something silly in the world  That ain't been there before." -Shel Silverstein The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn." -David Russell  "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."  -Ziggy  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Confucius Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours." -Swedish Proverb

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers." -Orison Swett Marden  Sometimes the most powerful words are the ones left unspoken.  1. Don't squat with your spurs on.  2. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.  3. If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure its still there.  Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.  4. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.  5. When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.  6. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

“To arrive at the simple is difficult.” Rashid Elisha A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ~Oscar Wilde high school is a lot like toilet paper, you only miss it when its gone - Kate Kulikova Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book “They will forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” -Carl W. Buechner

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. — Ralph Nichols When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something. — Jared Sparks What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. ~Abraham Lincoln A person wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ~Benjamin Franklin True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ~Edward Frederick Halifax It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. ~Author Unknown Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. ~Jacob A. Riis We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. ~Charles C. Finn The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ~Peter F. Drucker If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found. ~Author Unknown Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Some trails are happy ones, Others are blue. It's the way you ride the trail that counts, Here's a happy one for you. ~Dale Evans “Get off your horse and drink your milk.” John Wayne If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ~Abraham Maslow You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Author Unknown God gave us two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use. Head you win, tail you lose. ~Author Unknown The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. ~Bob Moawad You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head. ~The Simpsons by Matt Groening, spoken by the character Marge Simpson You were born an original. Don't die a copy. ~John Mason We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. ~Author Unknown There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." ~Frederick L. Collins "It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately." ~A.A. Milne