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.
It is the future that creates his present.
All is an interminable chain of longing.
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism?
Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
That there should one Man die ignorant who had capacity for Knowledge, this I call a tragedy.
If one cannot have success, the next most agreeable thing is failure.
Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.
The best education will not immunize a person against corruption by power.
There is only one success … to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.