“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” — Nora Ephron
“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse.” — Ed Koch
“Everything’s always ending. But everything’s always beginning, too.” — Patrick Ness
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland
“Do all the other things, the ambitious things—travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.” — George Saunders
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”– Abraham Lincoln
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”– Steve Jobs
“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along. – Stephen Colbert
