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    23 Quotes For Graduates Retold By Cats And Dogs

    Let the pomp and circumstance begin!

    1. "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." – Thomas Jefferson

    2. "Never, never, never give up." – Winston Churchill

    3. It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

    4. "Expect problems and eat them for breakfast." – Alfred A. Montapert

    5. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." – Mark Twain

    6. "You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." – Woodrow Wilson

    7. "Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." – Jamie Paolinetti

    8. "If you can dream it, you can do it." – Walt Disney

    9. "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." – Dalai Lama

    10. "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." – Helen Keller

    11. "You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." – Albert Einstein

    12. The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. – Ayn Rand

    13. "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." – Henry David Thoreau

    14. "If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." – John D. Rockefeller

    15. "The dog that trots about finds a bone." – Golda Meir

    16. "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." – Joshua J. Marine

    17. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." – C.S. Lewis

    18. "You create your opportunities by asking for them." – Shakti Gawain

    19. "Let go and enjoy the ride, because the ride takes you to some remarkable and unexpected places." – Neil Gaiman

    20. "You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." – Maya Angelou

    21. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." – Steve Jobs

    22. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

    23. "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, 'I’m possible!'" – Audrey Hepburn