Going To College Quotes

• Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

  Mark Twain

  College, People

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job.

  Sean Covey

  Strong, Jobs, Opportunity

  Sean Covey (2011). “The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Graduation, Confidence

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

  Steve Jobs

  College, Class, Ideas

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Graduation, Senior, Education

  "Art of Communicating Ideas". Book by William Joseph Grace, p. 389, 1952.

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• If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

  Nora Roberts

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin

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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.

  Tom Hanks

  College, World, Fabulous

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• If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.

  Nora Roberts

  Goal, Want, Maximizing

  Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin

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• Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Graduation, Wise

  "Mark Twain, selected writings of an American skeptic". Book by Mark Twain, 1983.

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• Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

  Natalie Portman

  Stars, Smart, College

  "Model of integrity" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. December 03, 2004.

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• If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

  Frank Zappa

  Funny, Education, Sex

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• My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

  Maya Angelou

  Education, Mother, School

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Oct 07, 2015

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• Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects.

  Alex Tabarrok

  Country, College, Keys

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• I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Education, College, Thinking

  Interview with Victor Kelly, drake.stg.www.ign.com. January 08, 2004.

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• I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience.

  Brooklyn Decker

  College, College Experience

  "Brooklyn Decker is everywhere before movies' debut". Interview with Samantha Critchell, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. May 17, 2012.

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• By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested.

  Roger Ebert

  Movie, Moving, College

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.

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• i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

  Walter Isaacson

  College, Ideas, Tuition

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.

  Robert Jones Burdette

  Meaningful, Good Life, Live Life

  "Mark Twain: Selected Writings of an American Skeptic". Book by Mark Twain, 1983.

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• Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

  Ronald Reagan

  Sports, Football, College

  Ronald Reagan (1990). “An American Life”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• College isn't the place to go for ideas.

  Helen Keller

  Graduation, Witty, Educational

  Helen Keller (1967). “Helen Keller, her Socialist years: writings and speeches”

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.

  Daniel Keyes

  College, Important, Reason

  Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think I really benefited from going to college.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  College, Thinking

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