Graduation is a milestone that marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another in your life. Whether you are graduating from high school, college, or any other level of education, you deserve to celebrate your achievements and look forward to your future.
To help you do that, we have compiled some inspiring graduation quotes from famous people who have overcome challenges, pursued their passions, and made a difference in the world.
Inspiring Graduation Quotes
Here are some of the popular quotes from famous people that can inspire graduates.
There is no such thing as failure. What other people label or might try to call failure I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction.
Ophrah Winfrey
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau
Go out there and do something remarkable. Don’t live down to expectations.
Wendy Wasserstein
…no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you…
Zora Neale Hurston,“Their Eyes Were Watching God”
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Muhammad Ali
Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that, if you are here, the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”
Never be the brightest person in the room; then you can’t learn anything.
James Watson
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.
Alan Alda
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Sydney J. Harris
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
A man without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Walter H. Cottingham,
The future belongs to those who have the courage to believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Anonymous
For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together…And the great isn’t something accidental; it must be willed.
Vincent van Gogh
The only place where SUCCESS comes before WORK is in the dictionary.
Anonymous
These are just some of the many graduation quotes that can inspire you to pursue your goals, overcome obstacles, and positively impact the world. Remember that graduation is not the end but the beginning of a new journey. Congratulations on your graduation, and best wishes for your future!