Graduation Sayings
Graduation is a time of ceremonies and festivities. Here is a fantastic collection of graduation sayings that can be used in graduation cards, graduation speeches and graduation announcements.
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.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Just about a month from now I’m set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the
children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer
in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring
adventure, or nothing.”
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face,
kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
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.
The tassel’s worth the hassle!
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.
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.
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.”
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.
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.
You are educated.
Your certification is in your degree.
You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.
Let me ask you to think of an alternative.
Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people.
Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?
Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
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.