Quotes about Commencement

The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969.

The only choice we have is to begin. And the only place to begin is where we are. Simply begin. But begin.

the best time to start was last year. The second best time to start is right now.

Her reign was of only five days continuance, for Mary, having succeeded by false promises in obtaining the crown, speedily commenced the execution of her avowed intention of extirpating and burning every protestant. She was crowned at Westminister in the usual form, and her elevation was the signal for the commencement of the bloody persecution which followed.

The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole.

Beginnings are fragile things.

Look at the commencement of His ministry. In the Beatitudes with which the Sermon on the Mount opens, He speaks: "Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

Far too often, we don't start because we can't get our minds around the entire thing. We don't take the first step because we can't figure out the seventeenth step. But you don't have to know the seventeenth step. You only have to know the first step. Because the first number is always 1. Start with 1.

Sometimes going back to the beginning is the only way.