"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." - Edward Koch
"The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment." - Pema Chödrön
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs
"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom." - Oprah Winfrey
"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world." - Tom Brokaw
"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path." - E.O. Wilson
"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create." - Leonard I. Sweet
"Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential." - Kerry Washington