Top 10 Best Graduation and Graduates Quotes:
"When you leave here, don't forget why you came."
- Adlai Stevenson, to college graduates
"We don't stop going to school when we graduate."
- Carol Burnett
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
- Aristotle
"Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives."
- Joe Baca
"Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars."
- Richard Halliburton
"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse."
- Edward Koch
"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
"The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
- H. D. Thoreau
More Graduation and Graduates Quotes:
"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
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do."
- Ella Fitzgerald
"The older I got, the smarter my teachers became."
- A. Carter
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye."
- Helen Keller
"Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential."
- Kerry Washington
"We do not need magic to change the world, we can carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
- J.K. Rowling
"You don’t go to university so you can punch a clock. You go to university so you can be in a position to make a difference."
- Janet Napolitano
"You have to dance a little bit before you step out into the world each day, because it changes the way you walk."
- Sandra Bullock
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love."
- Bob Marley
Humorous
"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 Orden
"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
"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open."
- Thomas Dewar
"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."
- Ellen DeGeneres
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