Good High School Graduation Quotes

Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

Orrin Hatch

Graduation, Senior, Education

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

e. e. cummings

Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

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

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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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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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

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You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Dr. Seuss

Graduation, Being Single, Self Confidence

Dr. Seuss (2017). “Oh, The Places You’ll Go”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

Tom Brokaw

Graduation, Thinking, Tickets

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

Margaret Heffernan

Graduation, Senior, College

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

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Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.

Neil Gaiman

Graduation, Mistake, Graduates

Neil Gaiman's Commencement Address at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.uarts.edu. May 17, 2012.

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Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Neil Gaiman

Inspirational, Graduation, Mistake

Neil Gaiman's Commencement Address at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.uarts.edu. May 17, 2012.

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Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Neil Gaiman

Graduation, Interesting, World

Neil Gaiman (2016). “The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction”, p.418, Hachette UK

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It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

Bill Cosby

Graduation, Mean, Warning

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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

Life, Graduation, Home

Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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

Orrin Hatch

Graduation, Senior, Exercise

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

Richard Halliburton

Graduation, Senior, Memorable

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People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices."

Bill Cosby

Graduation, Mean, People

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Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

Ellen DeGeneres

Graduation, Funny Inspirational, Funny Motivational

"12 Inspiring Graduation Speeches by Amazing Women" by Kelly Conniff, time.com. May 18, 2014.

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You are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Dr. Seuss

Graduation, Encouraging, Being Single

Dr. Seuss (2017). “Oh, The Places You’ll Go”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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Harry taught me that death isn't the end, it's the beginning.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Graduation, Senior, College

"Dexter: Popping Cherry". TV series, 2006.

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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

Zig Ziglar

Motivational, Attitude, Failure

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

Steve Jobs

Love, Inspirational, Life

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

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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

Motivational, Graduation, Education

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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

George W. Bush

Funny, Graduation, Humor

"Bad results?" by Nikki Sheehan, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2001.

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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

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Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man". Book by William Hermanns, p. 143, 1983.

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