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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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As an SDGs advocate, I have focused on girl- child education in particular, as the main SDG that I’m focused on are SDG four and SDG five.

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

The most important fond memories of my life have come from my dreams.

Abubakar Girei

I think we learn more in failure than in success.

Siphiwe Tshabalala

I do not paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my reality that tow the path of my truth!

Oluwole Omofemi

I was just happy to be nominated and recognised for the contribution I made to the success of the team.

Tefu Mashamaite

Especially with the success of the club, you have to make sure that you are at that level that can continue the success of the first team,"

Godfrey Sapula

By 12 I already had a wide open mind. I wanted to chase my dreams and that made me grow up strong. I already knew no one was going to give me anything for free.

Nijel Amos

Hearkens after prophecies and dreams;
And from the cross-row plucks the letter G,
And says a wizard told him that by G
His issue disinherited should be.

William Shakespeare Richard III (1597)

Another memory finds me ready:
In cherished dreams I sometimes stand
And hold the lucky stirrup steady,
Then feel her foot within my hand!

Aleksandr Pushkin

…the State is in essence the result of the successes achieved by a band of brigands who superimpose themselves on small, distinct societies.

Bertrand de Jouvenel

For our ancestors, dreams, hallucinations, revelations, and cock-and-bull stories were inextricably mixed with facts.

William James

There's a built-in resistance to letting humanity be a success.

Buckminster Fuller Norie Huddle interview (1981)

The essence of education is that it be religious. Pray, what is religious education? A religious education is an education which inculcates duty and reverence.

Alfred North Whitehead The Aims of Education (1929)

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom (1995)

What Good is a good education with no direction like the right to vote with no one to vote for in an election

Immortal Technique The 3rd World (2008)

Integrity is the hallmark of corporate success. Without it, whatever initiative you have or progress you make will become meaningless.

Mahathir Mohamad

Education by the State is a contradiction in terms. Intellectual development is only possible to those who have seen through society.

Celia Green The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

There is nothing in kids' education anymore that tells them to revere anything.

Camille Paglia Playboy interview (1995)

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Rosalind Russell Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001)

I may still be a kind of a Marxist but I'm very realistic, I don't have these dreams of revolutions around the corner.

Slavoj Žižek

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