On Sunday, the Intramuralist will publish our annual wish to this year\u2019s grads. Today, no less, let us borrow from the wise and witty words of others, beginning with that high school English teacher who spoke so poignantly years ago\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThe great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 David McCullough, Jr.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a good reason they call these ceremonies \u2018commencement exercises.\u2019 Graduation is not the end; it\u2019s the beginning.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Orrin Hatch<\/p>\n \u201cStart where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Arthur Ashe<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Jerry Zucker<\/p>\n \u201cKeep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Roger Babson<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no shortcuts to any place worth going.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Beverly Sills<\/p>\n \u201cYou’ll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Woody Hayes<\/p>\n \u201cEven if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Will Rogers<\/p>\n \u201cIf you can\u2019t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Adm. William McRaven<\/p>\n \u201cThe best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Fred Dehner<\/p>\n \u201cThings turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Art Linkletter<\/p>\n \u201cThe man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Henry Ford<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 John Wooden<\/p>\n \u201cLove the poor. Do you know the poor of your place, of your city? Find them. Maybe they are right in your own family.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Mother Teresa<\/p>\n \u201cYou will never see a U-haul behind a hearse. You can\u2019t take it with you.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Denzel Washington<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Maya Angelou<\/p>\n \u201cI have never let my schooling interfere with my education.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Mark Twain<\/p>\n \u201cSuccess is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n \u201cLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Mahatma Ghandi<\/p>\n \u201cThe trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Doug Larson<\/p>\n \u201cAlways have a purpose in life that is beyond position and money.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Colin Powell<\/p>\n \u201cTo those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 George W. Bush<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Anna Quindlen<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we are is God\u2019s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Eleanor Powell<\/p>\n \u201cFrom my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as already artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Toni Morrison<\/p>\n \u201cYour life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Kerry Washington<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you leave here, don\u2019t forget why you came.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Adlai Stevenson<\/p>\n So much behind\u2026 even more ahead\u2026<\/p>\n Respectfully\u2026 On Sunday, the Intramuralist will publish our annual wish to this year\u2019s grads. Today, no less, let us borrow from the wise and witty words of others, beginning with that high school English teacher who spoke so poignantly years ago\u2026 \u201cThe great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best … <\/p>\n
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