You don’t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Ginger Rogers

The fireworks begin today, each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

Edward I. Koch

You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived.

A saying on death

Make your whole year’s plans in the spring, and your day’s plans early in the morning

Chinese Proverbs

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will will die like beasts.

Max Lerner