Here are some more graduation quotes for the young graduate out there..
Startig with this simple poem like quote:
“The future lies before you
Like a field of driven snow,
Be careful how you tread it,
For every step will show.”
“Just about a month from now I’m set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.”
~Richard Halliburton
“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.”
~Tom Bodett This is adapted for the saying that says, Life is a Hard Teacher, it takes exams first and lessons afterwards.
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. ”
~Les Brown
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
~ Frank A. Clark
“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.”
~Edward Koch
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. ”
~Oscar Wilde
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
~ Sparrowrose Howard Thurman
“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.”
~Erma Bombeck
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
~ Aristotle
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
~ Aristotle
“When you leave here, don’t forget why you came. ”
~Adlai Stevenson
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”
~ Sarah Caldwell
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ”
~Wendy Wasserstein
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
~Paulo Coelho
“The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. ”
~Newton D. Baker
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”
~ Benjamin Franklin
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ”
~B.F. Skinner
“A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.”
~ Michael Garrett Marino
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