Graduation Quotes

“The best university in the world is neither Oxford nor Harvard. The best university is "youniversity". YOU got the lecture halls of thoughts in YOU! You got everything you need to graduate with first class accomplishments put in you! YOU can do it!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)”
― Teacher David McCullough

“And even though we may be involved with the most important affairs, achieve distinction or fall into some great misfortune- all the same, let us never forget how good we all once felt here, all together, united by such good and kind feelings as made us, too,...perhaps better than we actually are.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious and compassionate will save your ass. Being curious and compassionate can take you out of your ego and edge your soul towards wonder.”
― Mary Karr, Now Go Out There

“Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.”
― Marilynn Dawson, Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate

“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)”
― David McCullough

“Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long; there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?”
― Amit Kalantri

“The world is waiting for us to graduate from ourselves.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The last days before graduation are bad enough, God knows--out of the womb you go, ready or not. The halls rang with the laughter of the girls who were going to be brides in the next week (and widows shortly after)...”
― Elizabeth Savage, Last Night at the Ritz

“We’re supposed to be reckless and careless and wild. And none of it is supposed to hurt. If we’ve kissed too many people, smoked too many cigarettes, had too much to drink, laughed too hard, offended too many people—we've done it right. We haven’t wasted any time. And Nathan and I have a lot of catching up to do.”
― Alexis Bass, Love and Other Theories

“The memory of sacred moment is unforgettable.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“This is your last day at Eastwood.”
“I know,” she said sadly.
“Are you going to miss it?”
“Of course!” Marisol turned to face me in shock. “What type of question is that?”
A bad one, I decided, and resolved to keep my mouth shut the rest of the day and just enjoy the bitter sweetness of it all.”
― Natalie Bina, World of Chances

“A university is a city of ideas, and we're grateful you became citizens of our city.”
― Mary Karr

“Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. "She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a billion years pledge a sorority. I’ll pack a few of these to be ironic, though. I can wear them to, like, truck stops at night with mascara running down my cheeks and stuff.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“Diplomas are ill-purposed. What should be celebrated is not the culmination of twelve years sitting in a school desk; what an 18-year-old should be recognized for is making it through young adulthood without getting herself killed.”
― Kari Martindale

“I thank God for a gracious completion of my doctorate degree.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Success is the end product.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Pumpkins. That's what we resemble--
pumpkins, in our orange graduation robes.
'This color makes me look so fat,'
Angie says, straightening her cap.
'Why can't our school have decent colors?'

'You're not fat,' Michael says, dressed in shirt and tie.
You're glowing. Like a nuclear pumpkin.
Very attractive, really.”
― Kelly Bingham, Formerly Shark Girl