Inspiring Graduation Quotes to Ignite Your Future

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

- Thomas Edison

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose."

- Dr. Seuss

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

- Sam Levenson

"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Steve Jobs

"What do you have to do? What do you want to do? Tomorrow is not promised. Make plans anyway."

- Lin Manuel Miranda

"Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and be told, ‘I am with you kid. Let’s go!’"

- Maya Angelou

"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."

- Omar N. Bradley

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it."

- Estée Lauder

"You change the world by being yourself."

- Yoko Ono

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality."

- Malala Yousafzai

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get."

- Ingrid Bergman

"It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success."

- Nelson Mandela

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Am I good enough? Yes, I am."

- Michelle Obama

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

- Anthony Robbins

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

- Helen Keller

"When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go."

- Carol Burnett

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’"

- Audrey Hepburn

"I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine."

- André Leon Talley

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure."

- Colin Powell

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am."

- Sylvia Plath

"Be the best of whatever you are."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Forever is composed of nows."

- Emily Dickinson

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

- Steve Jobs

"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."

- Henri Bergson

"You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one."

- John Lennon

"A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere."

- Joyce Meyer

"Passion first and everything will fall into place."

- Holly Holm

"You’re off to great places. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So ... get on your way."

- Dr. Seuss

"The beginning is always today."

- Mary Shelley

"You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe."

- Oprah Winfrey

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings."

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory."

- Les Brown

"A star is a rock that never gave up on its dream to rise."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"Success is loving life and daring to live it."

- Maya Angelou

"Through discipline comes freedom."

- Aristotle

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."

- Robert Collier

"What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

- John D. Rockefeller

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’"

- Audrey Hepburn

"Be so good they can’t ignore you."

- Steve Martin

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

- Neale Donald Walsch

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"Believe you can, and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Your time is now. Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path."

- E.O. Wilson

"The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours."

- Jules Jusserand

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

- Walt Disney

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

- Alan Watts

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways."

- Robert Greene

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

- Thomas Edison

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

- Nelson Mandela

"Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure."

- Aisha Tyler

"Accept no one’s definition of your life. Define yourself."

- Harvey Fierstein

"Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities."

- Robert H. Schuller

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

- Arthur C. Clarke

"It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

- Jimmy Dugan

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

- Lao Tzu

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains."

- Albert Einstein

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

"All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them."

- Viola Davis

"That’s a great motto for all of us — find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs."

- Barack Obama

"Look back on the journey that brought you here. What moments challenged you most? When were you asked to step outside of your familiar territory in order to rise to the occasion of your potential? I want you to remember those moments because they will embolden you."

- Kerry Washington

"Just because you don’t know what you want yet, it doesn’t mean that there’s nothing to want."

- Emily Henry

"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."

- Brigham Young

"You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights."

- Dr. Seuss

"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."

- Martin Luther King

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."

- Dr. Seuss

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go..."

- Dr. Seuss

"A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward."

- Harvey Mackay

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

- Henry David Thoreau

"It is you, the young and fearless at heart, the most diverse and educated generation in our history, who the nation is waiting to follow."

- Barack Obama

"It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air."

- Dr. Seuss

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

- Dr. Seuss

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."

- Malcolm X

"Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!"

- Dr. Seuss

"It is our failure to become of perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique."

- Conan O’Brien

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

- Bill Bradley

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed."

- Ray Goforth

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."

- Walt Disney

"Becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end."

- Michelle Obama

"I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand."

- Greg Louganis

"Success is nothing if you don’t have the right people to share it with; you’re just going to end up lonely."

- Selena Gomez

"The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away."

- Joy J. Golliver

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."

- John Dewey

"Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change."

- Shonda Rhimes

"Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, ‘I must keep going.’ It’s that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, ‘Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'"

- Cory Booker

"There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Every day is a new opportunity to change your life and be who you want to be."

- Demi Lovato

"Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered."

- Michelle Obama

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

- Edward Koch

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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."

- Tom Brokaw

"It is absolutely still possible to make a difference."

- Michelle Obama

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

- B.B. King

"You don’t go to university so you can punch a clock. You go to university so you can be in a position to make a difference."

- Janet Napolitano

"The highest result of education is tolerance."

- Helen Keller

"There are no regrets in life. Just lessons."

- Jennifer Aniston

"Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!"

- Louisa May Alcott

"The only thing you can do in this life is pursue your passions, celebrate your bloopers and never stop following your fear."

- Grace Helbig

"A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars."

- Nelson Mandela

"You could travel with the sheep, follow everybody else’s stuff, but then you’re not you. I guess if I want to say anything it’s ‘Be you.’ Be true to you, and that should make the ride a little more interesting."

- Whoopi Goldberg

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind."

- C.S. Lewis

"The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are. So make up your own rules."

- Neil Gaiman

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

"Sometimes it takes a good fall to know where you stand."

- Hayley Williams

"You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

- Robin Williams

"Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor."

- H. Jackson Browne Jr.

"There will be times when your best isn’t good enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best you’ll be OK."

- Robert De Niro

"It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up."

- Babe Ruth

"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you."

- Rihanna

"There’s always going to be someone who doesn’t like you."

- Ariana Grande

"If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow."

- Beyoncé

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."

- Colin R. Davis

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

- Malcolm X

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

"You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you, and you already have."

- Meryl Streep

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

- Oscar Wilde

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

- E.E. Cummings

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

"You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes."

- Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

"Men are what their mothers made them."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings."

- Hodding Carter, Jr.

"If I have a monument in this world, it is my son."

- Maya Angelou

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

- Bob Dylan

"There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way."

- Christopher Morley

"Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk."

- James Cash Penney

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be."

- Frank A. Clark

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

- John C. Maxwell

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

- Thomas Jefferson

"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."

- Steve Jobs

"I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve."

- Maya Angelou

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

- Stephen King

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it."

- Charles Swindoll

"Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life."

- John Wooden

"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."

- Mother Teresa

"Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out."

- Art Linkletter

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

- William Arthur Ward

"Love the life you live. Live the life you love."

- Bob Marley

"Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door."

- Kyle Chandler

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

- Babe Ruth

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."

- Grandma Moses

"My dear terrified graduates, you are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives. The stories you are about to live are the ones you will be telling your children, and grandchildren, and therapists."

- Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Now the first suggestion is to aim high, but be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live."

- Sandra Day O’Connor

"Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, ‘I must keep going.’ It’s that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, ‘Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.’"

- Cory Booker

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

"I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."

- Jim Carrey

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

- Steve Jobs

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default."

- J.K. Rowling

"When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"So, I say to you, forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you."

- Oprah Winfrey

"The most rewarding things in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done."

- Arnold Palmer

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

- Dalai Lama

"When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek."

- Steve Maraboli

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"Do not pray for easier lives, pray to be stronger men."

- John F. Kennedy

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."

- Albert Einstein

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

- Philippians 4:13

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

- Timothy 4:12

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

- Proverbs 16:3

"The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

- Deuteronomy 31:8

"An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate."

- Rev. Charles Stanley

"Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The purpose of human life is to improve one’s character traits, by working on oneself every day. That’s why God gives us today—and tomorrow."

- Sara Yoheved Rigler

"The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be alone with the sky, nature and God. For only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity."

- Anne Frank

"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You start to live when you commit to a cause higher than yourself. You must learn to depend on divine power for the fulfillment of a higher calling."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for you being here. Make good art."

- Neil Gaiman

"Be bold, be courageous, be your best."

- Gabrielle Giffords

"There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in."

- Dick Costolo

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

- Confucius

"Follow your fear."

- Tina Fey

"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door."

- Milton Berle

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

- Truman Capote

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

- Shakespeare

"Don’t wait. The time will never be just right."

- Napoleon Hill

"Believe and act is if it were impossible to fail."

- Charles Kettering

"Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams."

- Patch Adams

"Dream big and dare to fail."

- Norman Vaughan

"I go to seek a Great Perhaps."

- Francois Rabelais

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

- Albert Einstein

"You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Conan O’Brien

"But real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing."

- Madeleine Albright

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."

- Henry Ford

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

- Alexander Graham Bell

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference."

- Arie Pencovici

"Knowledge is not power. The implementation of knowledge is power."

- Larry Winget

"Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Let us never be betrayed into saying we have finished our education; because that would mean we had stopped growing."

- Julia H. Gulliver

"You can never plan the future by the past."

- Edmund Burke

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

- Confucius

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

- Jim Rohn

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

- Lao-Tze

"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

"If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

- Vince Lombardi

"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take experience first; the cash will come later."

- Harold Geneen

"Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final."

- Roger Babson

"The important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all that we are for what we can become."

- DeSeaux

"Nothing is going to be handed to you. You have to make things happen."

- Florence Griffith-Joyner

"If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."

- Vincent Van Gogh

"In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality."

- Kristian Kan

"If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation."

- C. Everett Koop

"A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions."

- Richard L. Evans

"Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for great things."

- Josh Hinds

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

- Judy Garland

"You must continue to dream the wild dream that you dreamed when you were young."

- Mike Tomlin

"It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."

- George Burns

"You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship."

- David Foster Wallace

"God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile."

- Max Lucado

"Don’t be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self."

- Ed Helms

"Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first."

- Anna Quindlen

"From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as already artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art."

- Toni Morrison

"When you leave here, don’t forget why you came."

- Adlai E. Stevenson

"You have to dance a little bit before you step out into the world each day, because it changes the way you walk."

- Sandra Bullock

"What we learn with pleasure we never forget."

- Alfred Mercier

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."

- Steve Jobs

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

- Anatole France

"Take pride in how far you have come & have faith in how far you can go. "

- Anil Kumar Sinha

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

- Albert Einstein

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen."

- Sarah Brown

"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money."

- Gary Bolding

"To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States."

- George W. Bush

"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito."

- Betty Reese

"People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing; that’s why we recommend it daily."

- Zig Ziglar

"Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back."

- Oscar Wilde

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."

- Thomas Edison

"The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs . . . one step at a time."

- Joe Girard

"There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t even.’ But you can! You can even!"

- Katie Couric

"Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles Schulz

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’"

- Audrey Hepburn

"Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After 22 years of child-raising, they are unemployed."

- Erma Bombeck

"Now that you’ve graduated, just remember: Bosses don’t usually accept notes from your mother."

- Melanie White

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

- Harry S. Truman

"We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands."

- Anne Frank

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

"The road to success is always under construction."

- Lily Tomlin

"You can never be the best. The only thing you can be the best at is developing yourself."

- Natalie Portman

"You’re not a slacker if you cut yourself some slack."

- Bill Gates

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

- Serena Williams

"You can’t do it alone. Be open to collaboration. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life."

- Amy Poehler

"You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are."

- Kesha

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

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better."

"Tonight / We are young /So, let’s set the world on fire / We can burn brighter than the sun."

"I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly / I’ll do what it takes ‘til I touch the sky / And I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change and breakaway."

"And I’ll be gone, gone tonight / The ground beneath my feet is open wide."

"You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine / Just own the night, like the Fourth of July."

"It’s something unpredictable, but in the end, it’s right / I hope you had the time of your life."

"Ain’t about how fast I get there / Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side / It’s the climb."

"I am unwritten / Can’t read my mind / I’m undefined / I’m just beginning / The pen’s in my hand / Ending unplanned."

"As we go on, we remember / All the times we had together / And as our lives change / Come whatever / We will still be friends forever."

"I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance / Never settle for the path of least resistance."

"School’s out for summer / School’s out forever."

"You will screw it up sometimes."

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind."

"You have to stick your neck out."

"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."

"She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."

"‘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."

"An incredible future awaits, graduate. Cheers to you!"

"Congratulations, graduate! The future belongs to you."

"You have a wonderful journey ahead of you. Enjoy every single step as you create your path."

"Your graduation shows your commitment to your goals. Everything you dream of, you'll achieve. Congratulations, graduate."

"Toss your cap, show off your diploma, then go chase your dreams."

"Hard work matters more than you know. In fact, quite often it's the thing that matters the most."

"As you move into the next phase of your life, remember: you have the power to achieve anything. Congratulations on graduating."

"Congratulations, graduate. Your hard work and perseverance are an inspiration to those who love and admire you."

"Cheers to you on your graduation! Your hard work deserves to be acknowledged and praised."

"Your cap and gown aren't just props. They're symbols of progress, change, and, most of all, achievement. Congrats, grad! You earned them."

"It wasn't always easy, but it was always worth it."

"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws."

"Wishing you the best on your graduation day and always. Congratulations!"

"Graduation: what a beautiful way to celebrate your years of hard work. Congratulations!"

"It wasn't always easy, but you did it! Congratulations on your graduation."

"Pursue your passions and live your life to its fullest. Congrats, graduate!"

"The secret to post-graduation success is simple. There is no secret. Work hard, stay true to yourself, and your life will sort itself out."

"May your graduation be only the beginning of your many successes."

"You've been a student for so long, now it's time to become the teacher. Lead others by your example, and help them find their way, too."

"There are people watching your success right now and making it into their roadmap. Thank you for being an amazing example, grad. And congratulations!"

"You are amazing. You are unstoppable. You are awesome. Congratulations, grad!"

"You've shown everyone that you are capable of greatness. Congratulations on graduating, and keep up the amazing work!"

"Graduation isn't the destination, it's the first step toward the life of your dreams. Congratulations!"

"Your potential is infinite; make the most of it! Congratulations, graduate."

"Congratulations on graduating. The world is yours, and it's filled with amazing possibilities."

"I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known."

"Your steadfast determination got you this far. Now it's time to see how much further it can take you."

"Welcome to the world of graduates! Enjoy your special day."

"Here's to the next step in your journey! Congratulations, graduate."

"Graduation isn't the end of your journey. Keep learning, keep educating yourself, and keep being a student of life."

"Cheers to your graduation, cheers to your bright future, and most importantly, cheers to you."

"Hats off, graduate! You deserve to celebrate this momentous day."

"When you're thanking the people who helped you get here, don't forget to thank yourself for your hard work, commitment, and consistency. Congratulations, graduate!"

"Graduation is about so much more than walking across a stage. It's about stepping up to an amazing new chapter in your life."

"Your graduation is a testament to your resilience and determination. Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment."

"Never let it be said that to dream is a waste of one’s time, for dreams are our realities in waiting. In dreams, we plant the seeds of our future."

"Some will see your recent graduation as a drawback, but it's your biggest asset. It'll allow you to see the world in a beautifully unique way, untainted by experience."

"Congratulations, graduate. Now it's your turn to conquer the world!"

"You may forget a lecture or what you learned in books, but never forget the people who helped you get to where you are today: a graduate. Congratulations!"

"Success takes time. Be patient during your journey and be proud of your progress."

"Congratulations on your graduation. Wishing you lifelong success and endless opportunities."

"Graduation isn't an ending, it's the beginning of an exciting new journey. Congratulations."

"Your next journey has just begun. Here's to a lifetime of amazing experiences, graduate."

"If at first you don’t succeed, do it like your mother told you."

"Your efforts have been rewarded. Congratulations, graduate!"

"The tassel’s worth the hassle."

"You turned your hard work into victory. Cheers to you, graduate!"

"Your graduation is proof of your greatness. Congratulations on this incredible accomplishment."

"Congratulations, grad! Now the fun really begins."

"You can’t outplay them, outwork them."

"You have to wake up every day and say, ‘There’s no reason today can’t be the best day of my life.’"