Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
Graduation Quotes
Two of the most popular graduation lines are flagged. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself” is a paraphrase of John Dewey, not a quotation. The one about education being what remains after you have forgotten what you learned in school is credited to Einstein and flagged as misattributed.
The page is assembled from the pages on education, success, the future, dreams and learning. It has no graduation speeches in it, but it does have a lot of quotes that get used in them. If you are writing a speech, use the sourced entries; the label will tell you which is which.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of greatness.
Such a nature,
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon.
The greatest man of action is he who is the greatest, and a life-long, dreamer.
Much learning shows how little mortals know;
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.