As we approach the end of another school year, many students are gearing up for graduation. Whether you’re about to cross the stage to receive your diploma or watching from the sidelines, these quotes about graduation will give you something to think about.
From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, these famous thinkers have a lot to say about this life milestone. Check out these 47 graduation quotes that will inspire and motivate you as you celebrate your academic achievements.
Let the quotes begin!
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else." - Les Brown](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-01.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
1) “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
![47 Graduation Quotes - "If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place." - Nora Roberts](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-02.jpg?resize=720%2C658&ssl=1)
2) “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts
![47 Graduation Quotes - "All those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing? It turns out they don’t have all the answers. A lot of them aren’t even asking the right questions. So, if the world’s going to get better, it’s going to be up to you." - Barack Obama](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-03.jpg?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
3) “All those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing? It turns out they don’t have all the answers. A lot of them aren’t even asking the right questions. So, if the world’s going to get better, it’s going to be up to you.” – Barack Obama
![47 Graduation Quotes - "You already have everything you need inside of you right now, today." - Alicia Keys](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-04.jpg?resize=720%2C479&ssl=1)
4) “You already have everything you need inside of you right now, today.” – Alicia Keys
![47 Graduation Quotes - "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-05.jpg?resize=720%2C444&ssl=1)
5) “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
![47 Graduation Quotes - "There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." - C.S. Lewis](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-06.jpg?resize=720%2C1116&ssl=1)
6) “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
![47 Graduation Quotes - "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Altschuler](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-07.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
7) “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altschuler
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered." - Michelle Obama](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-08.jpg?resize=720%2C378&ssl=1)
8) “Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.” – Michelle Obama
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Change takes courage." - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-09.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
9) “Change takes courage.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Graduation quotes for high school and college students.
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements." - Napoleon Hill](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-10.jpg?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
10) “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill
![47 Graduation Quotes - "I'm continually trying to make choices that put me out of my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable it means you're growing." - Ashton Kutcher](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-11.jpg?resize=720%2C1079&ssl=1)
11) “I’m continually trying to make choices that put me out of my own comfort zone. As long as you’re uncomfortable it means you’re growing.” – Ashton Kutcher
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Do all the other things, the ambitious things—travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness." - George Saunders](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-12.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
12) “Do all the other things, the ambitious things—travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.” – George Saunders
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." - Henry Peter Brougham](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-13.jpg?resize=720%2C338&ssl=1)
13) “Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” – Henry Peter Brougham
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-14.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
14) “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
![47 Graduation Quotes - "The future is always uncertain, but we who celebrate what you have done, who celebrate all of your achievements, we are certain of one thing on this day: You will not let us down." - Tom Hanks](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-15.jpg?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
15) “The future is always uncertain, but we who celebrate what you have done, who celebrate all of your achievements, we are certain of one thing on this day: You will not let us down.” – Tom Hanks
![47 Graduation Quotes - "You don’t go to university so you can punch a clock. You go to university so you can be in a position to make a difference." - Janet Napolitano](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-16.jpg?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
16) “You don’t go to university so you can punch a clock. You go to university so you can be in a position to make a difference.” – Janet Napolitano
![47 Graduation Quotes - "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." - Carol Burnett](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-17.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
17) “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
![47 Graduation Quotes - "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." - James Freeman Clarke](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-18.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
18) “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – James Freeman Clarke
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-19.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
19) “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein
Graduation quotes for the road of life.
![47 Graduation Quotes - "Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life." - Frederick W. Robertson](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-20.jpg?resize=720%2C360&ssl=1)
20) “Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life.” – Frederick W. Robertson
!["Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good." - Minor Myers, Jr.](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-21.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
21) “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” – Minor Myers, Jr.
!["You can’t do it alone. Be open to collaboration. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life." - Amy Poehler](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-22.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
22) “You can’t do it alone. Be open to collaboration. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
!["Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!" - Louisa May Alcott](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-23.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
23) “Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!” – Louisa May Alcott
!["Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-24.jpg?resize=720%2C405&ssl=1)
24) “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi
!["There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t even.’ But you can! You can even!" - Katie Couric](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-25.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
25) “There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t even.’ But you can! You can even!” – Katie Couric
Graduation quotes by Oprah Winfrey
!["You must have some vision for your life. Even if you don't know the plan, you have to have a direction in which you choose to go." - Oprah Winfrey](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-26.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
26) “You must have some vision for your life. Even if you don’t know the plan, you have to have a direction in which you choose to go.” – Oprah Winfrey
!["You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." - Oprah Winfrey](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-27.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
27) “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey
!["Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose." - Oprah Winfrey](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-28.jpg?resize=720%2C378&ssl=1)
28) “Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.” – Oprah Winfrey
!["There is no passion to be found in playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." - Nelson Mandela](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-29.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
29) “There is no passion to be found in playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela
Graduation quotes for a son or daughter.
!["It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-30.jpg?resize=720%2C971&ssl=1)
30) “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
!["All our dreams can come true...If we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-31.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
31) “All our dreams can come true…If we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
!["The reality is on most matters, somebody is going to make the decision - so why not let it be you?" - Kamala Harris](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-32.jpg?resize=720%2C383&ssl=1)
32) “The reality is on most matters, somebody is going to make the decision – so why not let it be you?” – Kamala Harris
!["There are no regrets in life - just lessons." - Jennifer Aniston](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-33.jpg?resize=720%2C1280&ssl=1)
33) “There are no regrets in life – just lessons.” – Jennifer Aniston
!["That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go." - Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-34.jpg?resize=720%2C382&ssl=1)
34) “That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
!["Success doesn’t rush. The greatest reward is the journey." - Jeff Moore](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-36.jpg?resize=720%2C1279&ssl=1)
35) “Success doesn’t rush. The greatest reward is the journey.” – Jeff Moore
!["Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential." - Kerry Washington](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-35.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
36) “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” – Kerry Washington
!["The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-37.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
37) “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
!["There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. Wouldn’t you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more everyday like a photograph coming into focus." - Jodie Foster](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-38.jpg?resize=720%2C1080&ssl=1)
38) “There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. Wouldn’t you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more everyday like a photograph coming into focus.” – Jodie Foster
!["Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference, so use it well." - Mindy Kaling](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-39.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
39) “Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference, so use it well.” – Mindy Kaling
Wishing congratulations with graduation quotes…
!["What we learn with pleasure we never forget." - Alfred Mercier](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-40.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
40) “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier
!["Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose." - Chadwick Boseman](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-41.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
41) “Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.” – Chadwick Boseman
!["When we show up, act boldly, and practice the best ways to be wrong, we fail forward. No matter where we end up, we’ve grown from where we began." - Stacey Abrams](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-42.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
42) “When we show up, act boldly, and practice the best ways to be wrong, we fail forward. No matter where we end up, we’ve grown from where we began.” – Stacey Abrams
!["Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-43.jpg?resize=720%2C311&ssl=1)
43) “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
!["Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Arleen Lorrance](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-44.jpg?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
44) “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Arleen Lorrance
!["Yes, there will be pitfalls, mountains, and glass ceilings, but you're going to get across it." - Debbie Allen](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-45.jpg?resize=720%2C405&ssl=1)
45) “Yes, there will be pitfalls, mountains, and glass ceilings, but you’re going to get across it.” – Debbie Allen
!["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." - Tom Brokaw](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-46.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
46) “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.” – Tom Brokaw
!["Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead." - Nora Ephron](https://i0.wp.com/winkgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/graduation-quotes-47.jpg?resize=720%2C720&ssl=1)
47) “Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” – Nora Ephron
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