Great Graduation Quotes:

Education is the best provision for old age.

- Aristotle

topic: Graduation, Education, Teaching, Inspirational Educational, Inspirational Graduation

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Motivational, Graduation, Dream, Live Life To Its Fullest, Live To The Fullest

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

- Walt Disney

topic: Inspirational, Mother, Dream, Best Success, Managing Change

And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed!

- Dr. Seuss

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

topic: Positive, Yes You Can, Happy Birthday Inspirational, Kids Inspirational, Happy Inspirational

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Dartmouth, Memorable Graduation, Changing Course

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

source: "Six Rules on How to Be Successful". Speech at the University of Southern California, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 15, 2009.

topic: Graduation, Hands, Pockets, Climbing The Ladder, Commencement Speech

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

- Winston Churchill

source: Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

topic: Life, Inspiring, Graduation, Just Give Up, Just Stay Strong

The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Graduation, Space, Offering, Inspirational Graduation, Memorable Graduation

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

- Stephen Colbert

topic: Graduation, Ideas, Next, Memorable Graduation, Life After High School

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

- Susan B. Anthony

topic: Love, Life, Birthday, Inspirational Graduation, Milestone

There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.

- Adam Savage

topic: Graduation, Over You, Crap, Great Graduation

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

- Aaron Sorkin

source: "Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ’83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement". Aaron Sorkin's Commencement address at Syracuse University in New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.

topic: Graduation, Fall, Numbers, Great Graduation

Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

- Ben Bernanke

topic: Dirty, Games, Essentials, Great Graduation

It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.

- Woody Allen

topic: Life, Graduation, Home, Inspiring Graduation, Seize The Opportunity

Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.

- Nora Ephron

source: FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from May 24, 2016

topic: Graduation, Education, Inspire, Looking Ahead, College Graduation

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

- John Updike

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Hands, College Graduation, Cool Graduation

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Graduation, Good Thoughts, Inspirational Graduation

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Daily Work, Young Entrepreneurs

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

- Winston Churchill

source: Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

topic: Graduation, Perseverance, Determination, Never Give In, Dedication And Perseverance

Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Fun, Appreciate, Funny Graduation, High School Graduation, Graduation Speech

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

- Steve Jobs

topic: Heart, Follow Your Heart, Intuition, Inner Voice, Business Life

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

- Eleanor Powell

topic: God, Inspirational Graduation, High School Graduation, Off To College, Motivational Graduation

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.

- Belva Davis

source: Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Dream, Best Success, Managing Change

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

- Orrin Hatch

topic: Graduation, Exercise, Reason, Memorable Graduation, High School Graduation

At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards.My hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear sombreros.

- Paul A. Freund

topic: Graduation, Squares, Mind, High School Graduation, Sombreros

Name it... and if you can dream it... you can achieve it.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Positive, Dream, Law Of Attraction, Grad, Imagine That

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

- Dr. Seuss

topic: You Choose, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Student, Inspire Students

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

- Newton D. Baker

topic: Graduation, Men, Today, Memorable Graduation, Graduation Day

Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.

- Richard Halliburton

topic: Graduation, Adrift, Months, Inspirational Graduation, Memorable Graduation

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

- Tom Brokaw

topic: Motivational, Graduation, Education, Memorable Graduation, Graduation Day

Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.

- Margaret Heffernan

source: "Dare to disagree". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2012.

topic: Graduation, Senior, College, Memorable Graduation, Inspirational High School Graduation

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

- Denzel Washington

source: Denzel Washington's Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, almanac.upenn.edu. May 16, 2011.

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Education, Looking Ahead, Commencement

All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Man Of My Dreams, Future Success

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.

- Ruth Westheimer

source: "‘Other People’s Rejection Letters’: 8 Of The Craziest Rejection Letters" by Bill Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2010.

topic: Moving, Animal, Order, Inspirational High School Graduation, Inspiring Graduation

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

- Max Eastman

topic: Revenge, Opportunity, Doors, Live For Yourself, Marketing And Sales

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills

source: "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

topic: Positive, Shortcuts, Grad, Go Hard, Inspirational Graduation

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

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

topic: Life, Graduation, Confidence, Going To College, Seeing Yourself

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

- Steve Jobs

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inner Voice, Job Growth

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Positive, Dream, Achieve, Managing Change, Great Minds

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

- Sydney J. Harris

source: Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

topic: Graduation, Education, Wall, Inspirational Education, Inspirational Graduation

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

- Anatole France

source: Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Journey To Success, Inspiration And Motivation

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

- Walt Disney

source: "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Best Success, Young Entrepreneurs

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

- e. e. cummings

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday, Inspirational Courage, Inspirational High School Graduation

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Motivational, Success, Graduation, Man Of My Dreams, Inspirational Dream

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation, Live For Yourself, Soft Heart

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

- Milton Berle

topic: Inspirational, Change, Positive, Self Determination, Live For Yourself

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

- Francis Bacon

topic: Inspirational, Success, Graduation, Inspirational High School Graduation, High School Graduation

Do not follow where the path may lead.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Path, Bikers, May, Solo Travel, Journey Inspirational