【China Daily】University Presidents' Words for Graduates
发布日期：2016-07-16 供稿：China Daily 编辑：赵琳 审核：包丽颖 阅读次数：
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【Editors' Notes】It is another year of graduation in China,a group of students will leave their alma maters to embrace a broad future.At this moment, what do their alma maters want to say to them? Each year, the presidents of all Chinese universities will impress something upon the graduates at the graduation ceremony. These exhortations also permeated with the concern of alma maters for the departing students' future and expectations. So, what did they say this year? Let's have a look!
“Always pursue truth and explore the world with a scientific spirit. Insist on finding the truth by practice and always behave and do things practically.”
“l hope you will develop the correct outlook on the world, on life and on values. You should commit yourself to studying universal laws of nature and solving important problems facing social development, and let the light of science illuminate the road to the future.”
“l hope you can set your sights higher and farther, integrate personal dreams with dreams of your group, the collective and the country, and take steady steps to realize them. I hope you will encourage and review yourself constantly, keep a level head and think independently, develop a noble soul, shoulder your responsibilities toward all human beings and society, and persistently stick to your faith.”
“l hope you will experience human kindness and love with a pure heart, love your life, your family, your university and your country, see the whole world with a loving heart, act responsibly and morally toward your country and your family, and forever have a zeal for life and yearning for beauty.”
“You yourself can define a beautiful life and only your endeavors can make it materialize.”
“The primary commitment is the initial promise you make from the heart. If you keep the commitments in mind and resist temptation, you will find peace in life and elation of spirit. The road of life is long. Only by listening to the call of you inner self can you truly create your own beautiful life.”
“I hope you constantly strive to become stronger. The pursuit for achieving ideals won’t be fair sailing, and only self-improvement can keep you going ahead.”
“I hope you understand and exercise gratitude. Such gratitude is your appreciation of and reward to others, to society as well as to nature. It’s a person’s morality and virtue, and philosophy of life. Gratitude will give you a healthy mindset, make you realize you always gain more than you lose and remain optimistic about the future. It will also endow you with more tolerance and understanding, more willingness to shoulder social responsibilities and to show more respect toward others and nature. Even amid difficult times, living with gratitude can make you discover, savor and create beauty and truly feel the beauty of life.”
“Only dreams can make a life radiant. Find joy in them, grow indestructible and eventually succeed.”
“Happiness is gaiety of the soul, and inspiration and satisfaction of the spirit. Only those who continuously pursue their dreams can reap the greatest happiness in life.”
“Adamancy favors those who dare to pursue dreams. No matter how heavily they’re shackled and how many thistles and thorns lie ahead, these people will display the unassuming inner dreams.”
“Human beings become great because of their dreams. The brightest side of dreams is not success but perseverance. Overcoming difficulty, breaking away from the mundane and challenging your age are all powers of dreams, the dreams for success.”
“Happiness, adamancy and success are in fact pursuits of life that couldn’t be more unassuming. They are precious because they’re associated with dreams. We hold our dreams dear and pursue them, because they do matter to human values, to a country’s future and to the destiny of humankind.”
“Find your life’s coordinates and direction in the torrent of your era, remain devoted to refining yourself and upgrading your skills, and be the ‘craftsperson’ of your life.”
“We can’t change our family background, but we can choose the direction of our life. We can’t change the length of our years, but we can burnish them with precision!”
“The smallest gap between people is intelligence; the widest is concentration.”
“Precision in science determines the success or failure of a project; in life it determines the success or failure of a career.”
We need to work like craftspeople, upgrading our skills in the process of self-improvement, and continuing to uplift the brand for our life with uprightness, elegance and noble character. We need to stick to honesty, integrity and goodness in the pursuit of success, and keep our spirits up. In realizing personal values, we need to care for others and for society, and radiate energy through love and devotion.”
“With youth in hand and ideals in mind, you can go ahead fearlessly.”
“Moving ahead is not simply making an attempt. It takes perseverance and transcendence, and involves a process of making breakthroughs in varied phases of life.”
“Moving ahead is a requisite of this rapidly changing era for ambitious youths, and you are expected to transcend yourselves continuously.”
“We can't sit and wait, nor simply chase the tide. We need the vigor to fight every day and the will to change to become a forerunner in bringing about social reform."
“You should have some sublime ambition in your heart. Moving ahead needs control of direction, and only farsighted ideals can navigate life.”
“You should outdo yourself but always follow reason. Moving ahead is not a race of '50 steps' or '1 00 steps' but the goal of transcending oneself.”
“There are always some things and some values that are worthy of being pursued for life. The first is responsibility, the second is dream and the third is the spirit of Lanzhou University.”
“You should not only find the right path for your life and stick to your dream, but also take down-to-earth action. You should have the persistence of weathering difficulties to reach your goal and the courage of never giving up until you are there. Make efforts and persevere until the flower of your dream blossoms.”
“Always have the mindset of a student. Be diligent in acquiring new knowledge, studying new problems and exploring new ideas; get ready to take on challenges, think outside the box, be critical, observe with new perspectives, and solve problems with new methods.”
“Be fearless like a beginner, strengthen your mind to carve out new roads and build new bridges. Fear no setbacks, overcome difficulties and be a pioneer that forges ahead with determination and blazes new trails with innovation.”
“Acquiring ingenuity requires perfection, concentration and persistence.”
“Having ingenuity means daring to be the first and attaining higher grounds of value in your pursuits. You will be able to lead breakthroughs, develop a cause of goodness and become a forerunner or pacesetter, or even a founder and pathfinder no matter which field or industry you work in.”
“Acquiring ingenuity amounts to attaining a life of simplicity and truthfulness, inner peace and insight. Yang Jiang once said to youths: One can attain different things and reap different benefits from exercises of different degrees. They are like spices. The more they are grounded, the stronger their fragrance will be.”
“Once we are able to calm down, resist temptation and endure solitude and tests, we can reach further and grow better.”
“Consummate goodness should be the goal of life. It doesn't stop you from pursuing material benefits, but it will make you long for a beautiful, spiritual world.”
“Virtue and self-cultivation are needed to make consummate goodness the goal of your life. First, you should show due respect to humans and nature and know the bottom line for shame in this world. Second, you should have a strong inner mind and take things with ease despite the chaos and temptations. Third, you should be Virtuous and benevolent, drive out the evil and usher in kindness in human society.”
“Perseverance originates in confidence; it believes that both our past and present are commendable, and that our future will be even more splendid.”
“Your world and life can be colorful and outstanding in this shifting era. We should encourage each other with consummate goodness and perseverance.”
“Responsibilities reflect a person's mind, courage and style. They determine how high one can rise in a career.”
“Make running a habit and Use running to paint a flourishing life.”
“Running isn't about a momentary outburst. It's about perseverance on the road of pursuit. You might encounter difficulties and setbacks in life, but as long as you have strong will and faith and fear no difficulties, you can overcome all of them.”
“Abilities are acquired from learning, sharpened in innovation, and tested and developed through practice.”
“Running should be varied with reasonable relaxation. You should find an appropriate speed for yourself. Running too fast will burden you with more than you can take, while running too slow will waste your time. Only steady paces help establish solid foundations of life.”
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