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.
Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.
The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them.
The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different.
A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.
The future, it seemed, was turning out to be one damn thing after another.
Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?