You might be looking for something to put into a yearbook dedication, have engraved on a keepsake or write in a card. Regardless of what you need a quote for this graduation one of the following should be perfect for you.
“Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” – Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a formidable man and this quote tells a graduate that even when you have succeeded, you must still keep trying. Additionally, it says to the graduate when you don’t get the wanted results life isn’t going to come to a screeching halt. What is important is that you are always trying. This is an excellent quote for the graduate with the type A personality.
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
This quote offers great life advice. It will tell the graduate that as long as you keep plugging through, you will come out just fine in the end. It could also be a nice way to say good job to a graduate who struggled to get where they are.
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” -Woody Allen
Woody Allen is the every day person who has somehow managed to still be successful. By picking this quote for the graduate you are letting the him or her know that much of success in life is by being in the right place, at the right time.
“Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” – Les Brown
This quote tells the graduate that there are no mistakes in life when you try. Life is about making mistakes more than getting it right, but that mistakes aren’t necessarily failure.
“Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when I know there are footprints on the moon.” – Paul Brandt
By choosing this quote, you are telling the graduate to never stop reaching, to always keep trying for something else in life; that they should never settle.
“The Purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
This quote tells a graduate what it is they should be doing with their lives-how to reach out, how to live.
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” -B.F. Skinner
This quote tells a graduate that while school is important, it is much more important to use the knowledge that he or she has gained.
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” -Mark Twain
Mark Twain is fun and flip. By quoting Mark Twain, you are showing while life is serious, it is also fun. This particular quote tells a graduate that nothing should be taken for granted and the world owes them nothing.
” You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” -Abraham Lincoln
This quote would tell any graduate that while they are having fun right now, tomorrow will bring forth the work and adult responsibilities. If you choose this quote, you are preparing a graduate for what lies ahead.
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -J. K. Rowling
At a time where more kids have read Harry Potter than Pride and Prejudice, this quote comes from someone who is relevant to many graduates. It will tell any graduate that it is more important to act on things than just having the knowledge to be able to do something.
