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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.

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Most quoted on graduation:

Reality and dreams are weaving together, flowing into each other and I don't know where one ends and the other begins.

Anna Margolin

Success requires hard work whether you are a tennis player, an artist, a scientist, a writer or an entrepreneur.

Mamokgethi Phakeng

It would be impossible to guarantee a high-quality education for Nigerian youths if they remained disconnected from the rest of the world.

Comfort Ekpo

In a society like ours with so many adults literally having had no formal education, adult education should be dynamic so that it helps fill some of these gaps.

Ama Ata Aidoo Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

I hope to improve education and teaching, provide a digital vision, improve the welfare of employees and embark on an entrepreneurship drive for students.

Rita Akosua Dickson

My education has enabled me to learn about it and now I stand against it and stand so that no other girl can go through that.

Kakenya Ntaiya

We can make Education more attractive through our application of technology and Information Communication Technology in the learning curricula.

Oluwayemisi Oluremi Obilade

We are looking for sustainable growth and success. Greatness is about overcoming challenges

Jessica Motaung

I always say that you have to believe in your dreams.

Sara Däbritz

The fact that we are able to get people excited about women’s football is probably our greatest success.

Lia Wälti Captain meets captain (2022)

I embrace the raw and unfiltered truth, showing both my successes and failures, with the hope that my story will help others navigate the challenges they faced.

Yvonne Nelson

Our creative industry will not and cannot achieve its full potential through isolated success stories.

Nkiru Balonwu

Education starts from teaching our young ones these values from an early age.

Josephine Oboh Macleod Chief Josephine Oboh-Macleod: Living nexus between politics, art, charity (2021)

I don’t think there’s any skill more critical for success than resilience...I think about resilience as the speed and strength of your response to adversity.

Adam Grant

Be confident and comfortable disclosing your strengths and touting your success; don’t hide from it — respect will follow.

Bukonla Adebakin

"Thinking that young people are not what we expected them to be, they need to know what the older generation did to achieve success"

Joyce Aryee

There is a clear and direct relationship between a country’s development, economic progress, and education offered to its people.

Olugbemiro Jegede

Only those who dare, stand the chance of climbing the ladder of success.

Goddy Jedy Agba

If you are not willing to work hard, forget success.

Simon Aranonu

No sacrifice will be too big for me to pay for the success of this administration.

Siminalayi Fubara

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