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Graduation
Quotes
Graduation is an emotional
time for all involved. It’s a time when we want to say the right thing and
we’re not sure if we are up to it. Why not use some of these great graduation
quotes to share your thoughts. Some great people have contributed to this list.
I’m sure they would be happy to share their thoughts with your graduate.
Hope and Advice
These graduation quotes offer hope and advice. Necessary ingredients to a great
commencement.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future.
- Plato
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you can imagine it, you
can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. - William Arthur Ward
First say to yourself what
you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictectus
There are no shortcuts to
any place worth going. - Beverly Sills
You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.
- Proverb
Don’t judge each day by the
harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Try not to become a man of
success but a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Shoot for the moon. Even if
you miss, you’ll land among the stars. - Les Brown
Nothing happens unless first
a dream. - Carl Sandburg
Education is the most
powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela
Always be a first-rate
version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland
Don’t live down to
expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. - Wendy Wasserstein
All our dreams can come
true…if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Walt Disney
Take
a Chance
Many famous graduation quotes suggest that people take some
risks if they want to be successful and happy. I agree!
Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The horizon leans forward,
offering you space to place new steps of change. - Maya Angelou
Nothing is predestined: The
obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. - Ralph Blum
Go for it now. The future is
promised to no one. -
Wayne Dyer
If opportunity doesn't
knock, build a door. - Milton Berle
The only way of finding the
limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke
Be who you are and say what
you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -
Dr. Seuss
Don't be afraid to take a
big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - David Lloyd George
Share a
Smile
On a pressure
filled day it’s not a bad idea to grab a funny graduation quote to break the
tension.
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
Study hard; and you might grow up to be
President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your
dog. - George Bush
A professor is someone who talks in someone
else's sleep. - W. H. Auden
I have never let my schooling interfere with my
education. - Mark Twain
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn
some honors! - Louisa May Alcott
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well
to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. -
Oscar Wilde
A graduation ceremony is an event where the
commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and
gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. - Robert Orben
Your families are extremely proud of you. You
can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most
opportune time to ask for money. - Gary Bolding
The trouble with learning from experience is that
you never graduate. - Doug Larson
It was only when I finished the course and left
my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor. -
James D'arcy
Commencement speeches were invented largely in
the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the
world until they have been properly sedated. - Garry Trudeau
One thing about the school of experience is that
it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first time. - Anonymous
I think sleeping was my problem in school. If
school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today. -
George Foreman
If you feel that you have both feet planted on
level ground, then the university has failed you. - Robert Goheen
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well
to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. -
Oscar Wilde
Academe, n.: An ancient
school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school
where football is taught. - Ambrose Bierce, Devil’s
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