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.
My commitment is to education, to spreading understanding, respect, closeness and forgiveness.
I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
We have achieved some of our dreams to advance science in Africa.
On success of pairing, the attack had certainly been succeeded.
We’ve inherited an education system that hasn’t prepared our graduates for the modern job market.
I was thanking God for all these unbelievable dreams coming true.
In that harsh trial [the concentration camp], Christian education showed its absolute superiority.
"The history of education in Africa... was to lead the conquered Africans into epistemic slavery."