Memorable Graduation Quotes

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

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have.

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

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

You might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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

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.

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

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

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

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

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

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

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.

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

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

A modern school where football is taught.

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.

Do not follow where the path may lead.

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

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

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

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

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

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.