Famous Graduation Sayings
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore Roosevelt
Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success.
Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference.
Arie Pencovici
Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd George
A milestone passed, new things begun, dreams as shining as the sun,
a goal achieved, a victory won! That’s Graduation!
All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.
Unknown
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to.
George E. Allen
Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Arnold H. Glasow
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
Roger Babson
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!
Andy McIntyre
Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.
Erma Bombeck