--- title: "4 Graduation Quotes By George Saunders" description: "4 Graduation quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Graduation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/george-saunders-317_failure_what-i-regret-most-in-my-life-are-failur_1750355.jpg" --- > [What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-i-regret-most-in-my-life-are-failures-of-kindness-those-moments/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/george-saunders-317_failure_what-i-regret-most-in-my-life-are-failur_1750355.jpg) > [Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it... Err in the direction of kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/success-is-like-a-mountain-that-keeps-growing-ahead-of-you-as-you/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/george-saunders-317_graduation_success-is-like-a-mountain-that-keeps-gr_2045750.jpg) > [Do all the other things, the ambitious things-travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes...but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/do-all-the-other-things-the-ambitious-things-travel-get-rich-get/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/george-saunders-317_ambitious_do-all-the-other-things-the-ambitious-th_2349587.jpg) > [According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/according-to-me-your-life-is-going-to-be-a-gradual-process-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/george-saunders-317_becoming_according-to-me-your-life-is-going-to-be_2654504.jpg) ## Other authors on Graduation - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oprah-winfrey-72703.jpg) Oprah Winfrey 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/oprah-winfrey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-colbert-86965.jpg) Stephen Colbert 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/stephen-colbert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bible-17752.jpg) Bible 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/bible/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-jobs-87290.jpg) Steve Jobs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/steve-jobs/) - [Stephanie Ruhle 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/stephanie-ruhle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sheryl-sandberg-84955.jpg) Sheryl Sandberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/sheryl-sandberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dick-costolo-29329.jpg) Dick Costolo 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/dick-costolo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-brooks-27283.jpg) David Brooks 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/david-brooks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conan-obrien-24934.jpg) Conan O'Brien 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/conan-o-brien/) ## More by George Saunders > [Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/success-is-like-a-mountain-in-front-of-you-that-keeps-growing-if-you/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/wow-wow-wow-is-all-i-can-say-remember-how-i-always-buy-lunchtime/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/none-of-it-was-real-nothing-was-real-everything-was-real/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-must-see-god-not-as-a-him-some-linear-rewarding-fellow-but-an-it-a/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/america-to-me-should-be-shouting-all-the-time-a-bunch-of-shouting/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-my-case-when-i-am-trying-to-be-kind-i-often-default-in-a-sort-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-your-supposed-politics-are-left-right-if-you-put-it-in-a/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-clinton-staffer-tells-me-his-theory-think-about-frank-sinatra-he/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-try-we-fail-we-posture-we-aspire-we-pontificate-and-then-we-age/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-were-torturing-a-cat-she-says-with-a-freaking-prod-a-prod-i-built/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/rachel-got-up-and-did-this-happy-little-shuffle-like-she-was-some/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-america-is-to-me-is-a-guy-doesn-t-want-to-buy-you-let-him-not/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-good-the-prophet-in-the-wilderness-may-do-is-incremental-and/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [We're in the transition between birth and death. But the one that people often know about is the transition between the moment of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-re-in-the-transition-between-birth-and-death-but-the-one-that/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-don-t-want-to-be-that-parent-the-one-who-dresses-his-kid-in-a/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduation/george-saunders/#itemlist", "name": "4 Graduation Quotes By George Saunders", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. 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