Great Graduation Quotes

• Education is the best provision for old age.

  Aristotle

  Graduation, Education, Teaching

  Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing

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

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Graduation, Dream

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• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed!

  Dr. Seuss

  Positive, Yes You Can, Happy Birthday Inspirational

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

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

  Conan O'Brien

  Inspirational, Graduation, Dartmouth

  Commencement Address at Dartmouth College, 2011.

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

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Failure, Funny Graduation, Pockets

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

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• 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

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

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

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

  Maya Angelou

  Graduation, Space, Offering

  Poem at 1992 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered 21 January 1993

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• 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

  Inspirational, Graduation, Education

  "Top 10 Commencement Speeches: Best of All Time" by Meena Jang, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 8, 2015.

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• 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

  Love, Life, Birthday

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

  Adam Savage

  Inspirational, Graduation, Over You

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• 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

  Graduation, Fall, Numbers

  "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.

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• If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

  Ben Bernanke

  Graduation, Dirty, Games

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

  Nora Ephron

  Graduation, Education, Inspire

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from May 24, 2016

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• 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

  Inspirational, Graduation, Hands

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• Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Graduation

  H. Jackson Brown Jr., Rochelle Pennington (2001). “Highlighted in Yellow: A Short Course In Living Wisely And Choosing Well”, p.79, Harper Collins

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

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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

  Winston Churchill

  Graduation, Perseverance, Determination

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

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

  Joss Whedon

  Graduation, Fun, Appreciate

  Wesleyan Commencement Speech, genius.com. 2013.

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Graduation, Heart, Stanford University

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

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

  Eleanor Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

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• If you can dream it, you can make it so.

  Belva Davis

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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

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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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• 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

  Cute, Graduation, Squares

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