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.
Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming,
Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.
What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
Those who adhere to the past won't be able to cope with the future.
This is a school in which no pupil ever fails; every one must go on to the end.