The Top Ten Graduation Quotes

How fitting.  Since my backlog has gone past a full year, I’m posting something that was fitting then, and it’s fitting now, with graduation season in full effect.  A lot of people are suggesting graduation topics, but I sort of remember doing something graduation-y.  Apparently, it’s been a year.

April 3, 2009 → The Top Ten Graduation Quotes – Shute/Jhack

1. Astroboy – “Always listen to your elder’s advice, not because they are always right, but because they have had more experience at being wrong.”
2. No name – Our dean once said: “Unguarded moments are the ones that make or break you.”
3. Sommet – My teacher mom once said: “Walang taong bobo. Meron lang taong mas matiyaga.”
4. The Wanderer – Our prof said: “Tiger Woods did NOT play basketball just because all the other kids his age did. Successful people don’t always go with the flow.”
5. Schadenfreude – “A diploma is just a certificate of unemployment.”
6. Gracia – To a prof: “Sir, pag ba graduate na ko, break na din tayo?”
7. Anne – “The best lesson you’ll ever learn is to learn the lesson.”
8. Ginger Ale – Steve Jobs advice to a graduating class: “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
9. Sam – “Graduation is not the finish line. It’s the starting line.”
10. No name – “Geniuses are NEVER appreciated in their own time.”
11. Zeni Grand – “Failure is just the postponement of success.”
12. Ellen Degenerate – From Kurt Vonnegut’s message to the class of ’97: “Don’t waste your time with jealousy, sometimes you’re behind, sometimes you’re ahead, the race is long, but in the end, it’s only with yourself.”
13. Astroboy – Henry Ford: “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off of your goal.”
14. Radian – “No one has ever said on their deathbed: ‘I should’ve spent more time at the office.’ Life shouldn’t end just because work started.”
15. Blitzkrieg – “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, bring your own sunshine.”
16. WEiRDn_aLIEN – No matter what school or course you graduate from…sa call center din ang bagsak niyong lahat!”
17. Alex of Cavite – It only takes as long as the first time you have to make a monthly report before you start missing school.”
18. Lelouch – “Excellence is not an act; it’s a habit.”
19. Sally ni Harry – One design of Spoof shirts read: “I will graduate on time no matter how long it takes.”
20. No name – My daughter graduated valedictorian. During her speech, she said: “To my parents, thanks for the GENES.”
21. Jeff – “A diploma is not a guarantee, it’s a ticket.”
22. Eien17 – “You’ll never find anybody who achieved great success without a give-up story.”
23. Famous Marcus – I wish somebody had told me this while I was still in college: “Summer, Christmas and semestral breaks are gone forever. Welcome to the real world where vacations are earned and are subject to approval by your warden, este, immediate superior.”
24. Roskilde – To nursing grads: “Congrats, you now have to compete with 50,000 unemployed nurses for a limited amount of jobs.”
25. McMaki – I always say this during graduation season: “Madadagdagan nanaman ang mga jobless!”
26. Benet – The opening line of a senator’s speech during a commencement ceremony: “Congratulations graduates. Welcome to the world of the unemployed and underemployed.”
27. Specialist – “A drop of water breaks a stone, not by sheer force, but by dripping continuously. That’s the power of patience and perseverance.”
28. Boknoi – Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
29. Boknoi – George W. Bush said, in a graduation ceremony, “To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say well done. And to the ‘C’ students, I say to you, you too may one day become President of the United States.”
30. Hellgirl – There’s a time limit to the term: “fresh grad”.
31. Tsiken Fit – “Rule #1: The boss is always right. Rule #2: When the boss is wrong, refer to Rule #1.”
32. Sckye – My resident-in-charge told my groupmates & I after our rotation with him months before graduation: “This school is like Krypton; here you feel like a nobody, but out there, you’re Superman!”
33. Geronimo – During the baccalaureate mass, the priest said in his sermon: “Education is like water. If a cow drinks it, the cow produces milk. Milk, which supports life. But if a snake drinks that same water, it will produce venom. Venom, which harms life. So which type are you?”
34. Glenskie – From U.P. Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao: “There’s a difference between getting a degree and being educated.”
35. Sharkbait – In PUP, a summa cum laude gave her speech: “We’d like to thank our parents for striving hard to pay the P500 per sem for our tuition fee.” And there was a huge GASP from many parents in the crowd. Apparently, many students gave false information to their parents just to get more money than their tuition fees.
36. Mr. Perk – “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
37. Astroboy – “Success is like masturbation; only y0ur own hand can let you achieve it.”