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.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine to be in this position."
A Dalit needs the escape velocity of Jupiter to achieve success.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
This is where dreams—dreams, do you understand—come to life, come real. Not daydreams: dreams.
Slavery was the cause... [O]ur success was to be his freedom.