Inspirational Religious Graduation Quotes to Guide Your Next Chapter

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

- Jeremiah 29:11

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

- Jeremiah 29:11

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

- Proverbs 3:5-6

"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

- Philippians 1:6

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

- Deuteronomy 31:6

"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."

- 1 Timothy 4:12

"May you learn, day by day, to embrace the reality that what he wants for you is only, ever, always, your deepest, truest happiness."

- Chris Morphew

"God is God, God is in control, and God’s kingdom has no rivals."

- Alistair Begg

"God is in charge of the whole universe and you can trust him."

- Alistair Begg

"We are not called to be pragmatic but faithful: to say, God has said this, and so I will do it."

- Alistair Begg

"While it’s true (as we’ll see) that you really are much smaller and more limited than it is comfortable to admit out loud, you are, yet, most wondrously here. God has placed you where you are, and when you are, for his glory, right now."

- Adam Ramsey

"Jesus wants you to give yourself entirely to God’s gift of today. For what is your former future, now known as your past, but the sum of your todays? Today is when you will meet satisfying joys and sanctifying sorrows. Today is filled with moments, large and small, that are loaded with kairos. Today is what God graces us for, not our imaginary tomorrows. Today is “the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). Today is when God wants us to live, at rest in the promise that he himself will inhabit your tomorrows."

- Adam Ramsey

"In Christ, the reason you need never worry about the future is because your future will never be absent of him."

- Adam Ramsey

"Because the God who fills all places is right here in your present place. Here, among all the beautiful ordinariness of where you presently are. Here, among these people, in this place. Here, where your feet are. That is where God wants you to fully be."

- Adam Ramsey

"God delights to share his power with those who are bold enough to bother him."

- J.D. Greear

"While God loves to fill our lives with tangible expressions of his goodness, he wants us to find those things primarily in him."

- J.D. Greear

"Sometimes, God is more interested in producing his strength in you than taking your suffering from you."

- J.D. Greear

"If it matters to you, it matters to God, and so you can pray about it."

- J.D. Greear

"Just as we eat today because it keeps us alive, even while we simultaneously know we cannot change the appointed date of our death, so we pray because it is the means by which God does his work on earth."

- J.D. Greear

"It’s possible we’re more concerned with God’s will than with God himself."

- J.D. Greear

"Pray to a Father who you know loves you, is ready to receive you, and already knows what you need."

- J.D. Greear

"Whatever you do, wherever you go, I have a big dream I want you to know. I pray you love Jesus with all of your heart. Whatever you do, that’s the right place to start."

- Melissa Kruger

"I’ve something important to tell you today It’s true and it’s hopeful and helps guide your way God’s grace is enough It’s so big and so free His grace is enough Both for you and for me."

- Melissa Kruger

"We are not called to be like the world, and the world does not need us to be like the world. We have something better to say because we have someone better to follow."

- Alistair Begg

"The call is not to be comfortable but to be Christ-like—to discover the surprising means of experiencing real blessing, and in doing so to point others the way to it too."

- Alistair Begg

"Jesus is not demanding 100% success, and there will of course be disappointments and falterings and failings along the way. We will remain a long way off what we are called to be, but we will also be an increasing distance from what we once were."

- Alistair Begg

"The expectations we put on ourselves are often born out of what we think is best, not what God has said is best."

- Barnabas Piper

"When we follow our feelings we will be perpetually abandoning things God wants us to commit to because we hope for and expect the wrong things in the wrong timing from the wrong objects."

- Barnabas Piper

"If you are following Christ then, by God’s grace, you’ve already made the most important decision of your life. Compared to that one, the others are just details."

- Rachel Jones

"God cares about work, craft, and creativity because it is good and in it we should find happiness."

- Barnabas Piper

"There is more grace in Jesus than there is sin in you."

- Matt Fuller

"We know we can turn good things into objects of worship, so we are skeptical of enjoying the good things. But this is the wrong response. It’s true that God is not honored by us idolizing his gifts—but nor is he honored by our ignoring them."

- Barnabas Piper

"God created innumerable good gifts and blessings for us, but we fail to enjoy them as we ought because we have placed far too much or far too little value on them."

- Barnabas Piper

"Pursuing holiness is the pursuit of happiness, in this life and the next. Nobody should be happier than a follower of Jesus."

- Barnabas Piper

"True happiness doesn’t come from your picture being liked but from your soul being loved."

- Matt Fuller

"Our restless striving can cease if we hold true to this: God has made us in his image, to share his glory."

- Matt Fuller

"Big dreams can never bring you the lasting value, significance, and happiness you long for. And they don’t need to. You already have value as God’s creation, loved and honoured and sought-after. You already have significance as a character in his story."

- Seth Lewis

"The size your dreams reach will never be as important as what they are built on, and what they are pointed at."

- Seth Lewis

"You are here for a purpose. You were carefully crafted with a perfect plan in mind. You are a character in the greatest story ever told, and your life, and your actions, and your decisions—even today—can send shockwaves into eternity."

- Seth Lewis

"Having eternity in our hearts and looking ahead to the happiness of heaven does not remove the meaning or joy from this life."

- Barnabas Piper

"There’s nothing wrong with wanting to feel alive—it really is ‘OK to yearn for more.’ But you’ll always be disappointed if you don’t look in the right place for that feeling; you can only be made alive ‘with Christ'."

- Rachel Jones

"Whatever else you do, do the only thing that can make you feel truly alive—do life with Christ."

- Rachel Jones

"Life in Christ frees us to take risks. The Christian answer to the question ‘What if I do this thing and then it doesn’t work out or I don’t like it?” is, ‘Well, if you do, and then it doesn’t or you don’t, you’ll still be alive with Christ.’"

- Rachel Jones

"Life may not always go the way you want. Decisions may not always work out the way you hoped. And that’s OK. Because you know the destination, and you know the driver. It’s Christ, and it’s Christ. And that’s worth getting excited about."

- Rachel Jones

"May you lean all the way into faith in Jesus, bringing all your fear and doubt and pain and confusion with you - and may you discover for yourself that his love is vast enough to handle all of it."

- Chris Morphew

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

- Isaiah 43:19

"The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."

- Isaiah 58:11

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

- Jesus

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."

- Proverbs 9:10

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

- Psalm 119:105

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."

- Psalm 28:7

"Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart."

- Psalm 37:4

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

- William Arthur Ward

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

- Booker T. Washington

"Let us keep climbing ever higher, never fearing the step that is next; for our goal is in our grasp, just beyond our hopes and dreams."

- Thomas M. Smith

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

- Anatole France

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"When enthusiasm is driven by confidence, any goal can be attained."

- Robert E. Regent

"Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."

- Goethe

"There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine.'"

- Abraham Kuyper

"May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."

- Psalm 20:4

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

- Romans 12:2

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

- Philippians 4:13

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9

"Aligning your dreams with God’s story means that you can “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33) without having to worry about how well your achievements stack up on the scales of human measurement. You can joyfully and gratefully take your place in God’s bigger story and stop living under the constant pressure of trying to be the author of your own."

- Seth Lewis

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

- Isaiah 40:29-31

"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."

- Psalm 119:105

"Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal."

- Isaiah 26:4

"I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand."

- Psalm 16:8-11

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

- Proverbs 3:5–6

"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."

- Numbers 6:24-26

"Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."

- James 1:12

"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."

- Isaiah 51:11

"Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

- Proverbs 19:20-21

"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

- Psalm 37:4

"For surely O Lord, you bless the righteous; You surround them with your favor as with a shield."

- Psalm 5:12

"The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty."

- Proverbs 21:5

"Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."

- Timothy 4:12

"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."

- Proverbs 13:20

"Within our dreams and aspirations, we find our opportunities."

- Sugar Ray Leonard

"Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights."

- Pauline R. Kezer

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."

- Ursula K. LeGuin

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

- Ephesians 2:10

"So when you’re surrounded by a set of ‘maybes’ (maybe I should do this, maybe I should move there, maybe I should go out with him), look ahead to what is sure—and so, so exciting. In this sense, life can’t go ‘wrong.’ All the decisions, indecisions and curveballs you experience can never make it go wrong."

- Rachel Jones

"May you plant yourself like a tree by the steady stream of his love and grace and wisdom."

- Chris Morphew

"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy."

- Psalm 126:3

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."

- Proverbs 16:3

"If, after refusing to be swayed on ethical matters, you are scorned, disciplined, demoted or even let go from your job, it must be in spite of the way you live, not because of it."

- Stephen McAlpine

"Are we proclaiming the gospel message, and practising the gospel ethic it demands, among ourselves first?"

- Stephen McAlpine

"My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great savior."

- John Newton

"Success is a journey, not a destination."

- Arthur Ashe

"There is nothing we can do better than seeking to become still better than we are."

- Socrates

"The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God."

- Daniel Webster

"It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts."

- Harry S. Truman

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."

- Joseph Chilton Pearce

"Some men see things as they are and ask, ‘Why?’ I dream things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?'"

- Robert F. Kennedy

"A big view of God means we do not fear other people, but we do not despise them either."

- Stephen McAlpine

"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."

- Colossians 3:2

"Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."

- Proverbs 24:14

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans."

- Proverbs 16:3

"Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it’s happened."

- Charles Dickens

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

- William Bruce Cameron

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried."

- G.K. Chesterton

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

- Lao Tzu

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

"Only as high as we reach, can we grow. Only as far as we seek, can we go. Only as deep as we look, can we see. Only as much as we dream, can we be."

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

"The key to happiness is having a dream – the key to success is making it come true."

"To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be as much as we can, we must dream of being more."

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and you will achieve great things."

"Seek wisdom from God, and you will always find the right path."

"In every success, give glory to God and your journey will be blessed."

"God’s blessings will lead you to places beyond your dreams."

"God has a plan for you, and graduation is just the beginning."

"With faith as your compass, no challenge is too great."

"Draw strength from God, for He is your unfailing source of power."

"Let your faith be the anchor that keeps you grounded in life’s storms."

"God’s love is your foundation, build your dreams upon it."

"Let your heart be a reflection of God’s love and goodness."

"Your graduation is a testament to God’s blessings and your perseverance."

"May your future be as bright as your faith in the Lord."

"May God’s grace shine upon each step of your journey."

"It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are."

"In our hands we hold today; in our dreams we hold tomorrow; in our hearts we hold forever."

"Learn as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow."

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, dream for tomorrow."

"May God’s light guide your path to success and fulfillment."

"Nothing we do changes the past – everything we do changes the future."

"Behind us lies the path of learning… ahead, the road to success."

"Cherish yesterday; live today; reach for tomorrow."

"We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers."

"The past is my heritage; the present – my responsibility; the future – my challenge."

"Do not look bitterly at the things you wanted and did not receive. Instead, look at the things that you have received but did not deserve."

"I asked of Life, “What have you to offer me?” And the answer came, “What have you to give?”"

"Our lives are before us… our past is behind us… but our memories are forever with us."

"Do not follow where the path leads. Rather, go where there is no path and leave a trail."