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.
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.
My own criterion of success is the ability to work joyfully and to live positively.
Education is training in wisdom and virtue, and the exercise of these is freedom.