Graduation is a time to celebrate moving on to the next phase of their life, which is why we have gathered all most inspiring graduation quotes for your next post. And if you’re specifically looking for Dr. Seuss graduation quotes to share, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Inspirational Graduation Quotes
“I am unwritten / Can’t read my mind / I’m undefined / I’m just beginning / The pen’s in my hand / Ending unplanned.” —Natasha Bedingfield, “Unwritten”
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” ― John Lennon
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” — Les Brown
“I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand.” — Greg Louganis
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Look back on the journey that brought you here. What moments challenged you most? When were you asked to step outside of your familiar territory in order to rise to the occasion of your potential? I want you to remember those moments because they will embolden you.” — Kerry Washington
“And I’ll be gone, gone tonight / The ground beneath my feet is open wide.” — One Direction, “Story of My Life’
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” — Norman Vincent Peale
“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” — Alfred Mercier
“A star is a rock that never gave up on its dream to rise.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — Tony Robbins
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“As we go on, we remember / All the times we had together / And as our lives change / Come whatever / We will still be friends forever.” — Vitamin C, “Graduation (Friends Forever)
“I look to the future because that is where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.” — George Burns
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” — Bill Bradley
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” ― Audrey Hepburn
“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” — Tina Fey
“I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly / I’ll do what it takes ‘til I touch the sky / And I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change and breakaway.” — Kelly Clarkson, “Breakaway”
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” ― John D. Rockefeller
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” — Albert Einstein
“I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine.” — André Leon Talley
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
“You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine / Just own the night, like the Fourth of July.” — Katy Perry, “Firework”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” — Malala Yousafzai
“It’s something unpredictable, but in the end, it’s right / I hope you had the time of your life.” — Green Day, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
“Through discipline comes freedom.” — Aristotle
“Success is loving life and daring to live it.” ― Maya Angelou
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ― Robert Collier
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu
“All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.” — Jane Wagner
“Forever is composed of nows.” — Emily Dickinson
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” — Frank Zappa
“It is you, the young and fearless at heart, the most diverse and educated generation in our history, who the nation is waiting to follow.” — Barack Obama
“All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.” — Viola Davis
“When all else fails, there’s always delusion.” — Conan O’Brien
“Passion first and everything will fall into place.” — Holly Holm
“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” — Nora Ephron
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” — Steven Wright
“You change the world by being yourself.” — Yoko Ono
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe
“I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance / Never settle for the path of least resistance.” — Lee Ann Womack, “I Hope You Dance”
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ― W.P. Kinsella
“Ain’t about how fast I get there / Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side / It’s the climb.” — Miley Cyrus, “The Climb”
“Your education has prepared you for what lies ahead.” — Conan O’Brien
“Am I good enough? Yes, I am.” ― Michelle Obama
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
“Tonight / We are young /So, let’s set the world on fire / We can burn brighter than the sun.” — Fun, “We Are Young”
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” — Jimmy Dugan
“School’s out for summer / School’s out forever.” — Alice Cooper, “School’s Out”
“You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Summer vacation does kind of set up an adulthood of disappointment. That first job, you’re like, ‘I have to go to work in July? What is this, Russia?’”— Jim Gaffigan
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz
“Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” — Robert H. Schuller
“A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.” — Nelson Mandela
“A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.” — Harvey Mackay
“Becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” — Michelle Obama
“Accept no one’s definition of your life. Define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein
“Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains.” — Albert Einstein
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ― Henri Bergson
“Just because you don’t know what you want yet, it doesn’t mean that there’s nothing to want.” — Emily Henry
“A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” — Joyce Meyer
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” ― Omar N. Bradley
“What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.” — Nelson Mandela
“You’re still here? It’s over. Go home. Go.” — Ferris Bueller
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” — Arthur C. Clarke
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
“Do not take life too seriously — you will never get out of it alive.” — Elbert Hubbard
“The beginning is always today.” — Mary Shelley
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” — Brigham Young
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” — Henry David Thoreau
“People don’t turn down money. It’s what separates us from the animals.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” —Paula Poundstone
“You’re only given a little spark of madness, you mustn’t lose it.” — Robin Williams
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” — Mark Twain
“Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path; then, by all means, you should follow that path.” — Ellen Degeneres
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and be told, ‘I am with you kid. Let’s go!’” Maya Angelou
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’” — Audrey Hepburn
“Be the best of whatever you are.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” — Aisha Tyler
“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” — Carol Burnett
“That’s a great motto for all of us — find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.” — Barack Obama
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” — Ray Goforth
“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” — Steve Martin
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
“Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.” — Martin Luther King
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
“Try not to have a good time … This is supposed to be educational.” — Lucy Van Pelt
“It is our failure to become of perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” — Conan O’Brien
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X
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Dr. Seuss Graduation Quotes
“Only you can control the future.””
“Oh the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind!”
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!”
“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot!”
“Think! You can think any Think that you wish!”
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.”
“You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.”
“You’re on your own and you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.”
“So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
“Don’t give up! I believe in you all.”
“I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.”
“Everything stinks till it’s finished.”
“If you never did you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.”
“You oughta be thankful a whole heaping lot for the people and places you’re lucky you’re NOT.”
“I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.”
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
“Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.”
“Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a great balancing act.”
“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.”
“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!”
“Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
“It’s not about what it is. It’s about what it can become.”
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
“It is better to know how to learn than to know.”
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
“If you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you will learn. Oh, the most wonderful stuff.”
“If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.”
“And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed).”
“Reading can take you places you have never been before.”
“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
“Kid, you’ll move mountains!”
“Be who you are and say what you mean because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
“It’s opener there in the wide open air.”
So that is it for our list of Inspiring Graduation Quotes and Dr. Seuss Graduation Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one!
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