Graduation Quotes

669 Graduation quotes by 480 unique authors

The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take… — Amy Poehler
Life's too short to be an asshole, as an employer or as an employee. — Louis C. K.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. — Ella Fitzgerald
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy… — Larry Page
I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. — Robert F. Goheen
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. — Brooks Atkinson
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. — Richard Halliburton
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of… — Abbott Lawrence Lowell
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… — Bill Cosby
Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams. — Patch Adams
The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to… — Louis L'Amour
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. — Ralph Washington Sockman
The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out. — Carly Fiorina
As citizens, we understand that it is not about what America may do for us. It's about what can be done by us, together. — Barack Obama
Life is not easy for anyone. Sometimes you don't see the challenges on the outside, but every single one of us has both those and… — Hillary Clinton
You will throughout your life have people who will tell you that you're not good enough. Maybe they're jealous. Maybe they think you aren't. Maybe… — Meredith Vieira
What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts… — Jeff Bezos
It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble. ... If you're constantly pushing yourself higher ... the… — Oprah Winfrey
They said, we have education, but what about jobs? So I started telling them, you should be taking a pledge, and the pledge should be:… — Muhammad Yunus
You're not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You're going to advance in life by what you're going… — Charlie Munger
A lot of the time the experts, the people who are supposed to be able to tell you what to do, will tell you that… — Mark Zuckerberg
We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market… — Bill Gates
The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow... — Oprah Winfrey
If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible. You must be kind, yes, but you must… — David Remnick

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