63 Short Graduation Quotes
Use these short graduation quotes in your cards and messages to the new graduate.
Short but inspiring quotes but full of wisdom. The graduate may remember the quote long after graduation. Inspire and motivate the graduate for years to come by using one of these short quotes!
- “The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse.” Ed Koch
Graduation - Graduates, we need you to save the world.Pierce Brosnan
Short Inspirational - “Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.” Author Unknown
School - “Do what you have to do resolutely, with all your heart.” Buddha
Famous - “Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just live to make your absence felt!” Author Unknown
Inspirational Quotes - Be allergic to failure and addicted to success. Daniel Roberts
Success - “All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.” Author Unknown
Graduation Congratulations - Life is meant to have meaning and to be lived with purpose. Dr. Ignatius K Otchere-Asamoah, Destined to Win
Meaningful - “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” Vincent Van Gogh
Great Quotes about Life - “True happiness comes from designing a life that works for you.” Bill Burnett; Dave Evans, Designing Your Life
Happiness - “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” Ronnie Lott
Believe - Don’t underestimate the power of your dreams. Corinna Kong, Train For Joy
Dream - “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
Hope - Purpose is what drives you. It offers the deepest sense of fulfillment. Joanna Barsh, Grow Wherever You Work
Purpose - Everyone learns more from your actions than from what you say. Barb Bailey, How to Detach from Negative People
Actions Speak Louder Than Words - “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.of somebody else.” Judy Garland
Best - “Education, is the ability to meet life’s situations.” Dr. John G. Hibben
Inspirational Quotes about Life - “Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” Wendy Wasserstein
Amazing - “Surround yourself with doers. Be around people who demonstrate their boldness.” Wayne W. Dyer
Bold - “Whatever you conceive in your thought world, and express through words, you bring into being.” Joyce Kramer
Mindset - “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” Seneca
Challenge - “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.” Samuel Goldwyn
Good - “Education is something we have to keep pursuing day after day.” Premier Brian Gallant
Knowledge - “I make my weaknesses my strengths and my strengths stronger.” Lisa Fernadez
Words of Encouragement - “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” Rosalynn Smith Carter
Confidence - “Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.” William Arthur Ward
Wise - “Be the author, not the reader, of your own life.” Paul Gibbons, Reboot Your Life
Famous Quotes about Life - “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” Nelson Mandela
Time - “Curiosity is the key to creativity.” Akio Morita
Creativity - “Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” John F. Kennedy
Effort - “Look at education as a continuous life long journey.” Catherine Pulsifer
Journey - “It is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.” Oscar Wilde
Disappointment - “Set your goals, take the action, live your dreams.” Catherine Pulsifer
Goals - “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.” Mahatma Ghandi
Action - “Either write something worth reading, or do something worth reading.” Benjamin Franklin
Positive - “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein
Question - “The noblest question in the world is: What good may I do in it?” Benjamin Franklin
Helping Others - “Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do, and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.” Frederick Douglass
Greatness - “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Future - “Together, we can inspire galaxies of greatness for generations to come. No, sky is not the limit. It is only the beginning.” Donovan Livingston
Inspiring Others - “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney Harris
Funny Quotes about Life - “If you will analyze my definition of success you will see that there is no element of luck about it.” Andrew Carnegie
Luck - “Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda
Short Quotes - “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Edmund Hillary
Mountain - “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Motivational - “Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” Samuel Johnson
Self Confidence - “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” Arnold H. Glasow
Enthusiasm - “Never doubt your abilities, believe in yourself.” Catherine Pulsifer
Believe In Yourself - “Your education has prepared you for whatever happens.” Roderick Paige
Preparation - “An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.” Dutch Proverb
Patience - The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will”. Charles Dickens
Wishes - “The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.” Fred Dehner
Cute Quotes - “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius
Attitude - “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X
Daily Motivation - “The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don’t listen to them.” Anna Quindlen
- “Character is a long-standing habit.” Plutarch
Character - “If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won’t need to discipline you.” Leonard Orr
Discipline - “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” Dr. Seuss
Cute Life Quotes - “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” Robin Williams
Change The World - No one looks out onto the world through your eyes. Your perspective is unique. It�s important and it counts. Glenn Close William & Mary’s 2019 Graduation Commencement Ceremony.
Vision - My husband always says: �If you see someone who has what you want, ask them how they got it.�Kristen BellUSC Commencement Speech 2019
Moving Forward - There are times we need to tell ourselves, “Good job!” when we know that is true.Charles Swindoll, Great Attitudes for Graduates
Truth Quotes - “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” A.A. Milne
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