Famous Graduation Quotes

Our graduation day is considered to be one of the most important milestones in life. While many get nostalgic about this day, one’s graduation day is like a stepping-stone towards discovering new career challenges in life. For some, college days are not only about studies, it is also about some quality time with friends and even teachers who help shape our goals in life. Here’s a list of some famous graduation quotes, which can help you to remember some sweet moments in your life.

Famous Graduation Quotes:

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. - Louisa May Alcott

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

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. – Plato

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. - Anthony J. D'Angelo

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. - Robert Orben

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats

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

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau.

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