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.
People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?
I have come not to teach but to awaken. Understand therefore that I lay down no precepts.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers' end.
You can live in your dreams, but only if you are worthy of them.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.