Top 200 Graduation Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

— Henry Ford

152. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

153. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

— Steve Jobs

154. “If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.”

— Richard DeVos

155. “A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.”

— Nelson Mandela

156. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

157. “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

— Michael Jordan

158. “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

— William Jennings Bryan

159. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”

— Nelson Mandela

160. “Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.”

— Ralph Marston

161. “Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without...”

— Kofi Annan

162. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”

— Ronnie Lott

163. “Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

— Neil Gaiman

164. “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”

— Judy Garland

165. “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”

— Thomas Henry Huxley

166. “Lesson learned. Wisdom earned.”

— Steve Gilliland

167. “Things turn out best for those who make best of how things turn out.”

— John Wooden

168. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.”

— Ella Fitzgerald

169. “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

— John Wooden

170. “If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.”

— Michael Jordan

171. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

— Walt Disney

172. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

— Albert Schweitzer

173. “Follow your dreams, transform your life.”

— Paulo Coelho

174. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

— E.E. Cummings

175. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

— André Gide

176. “Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

— Helen Keller

177. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

— Steve Jobs

178. “Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.”

— Pat Summitt

179. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

— Will Rogers

180. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

— Mark Twain

181. “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

— Will Rogers

182. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

183. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

— Anatole France

184. “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”

— Sarah Caldwell

185. “All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”

— Brian Tracy

186. “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

— Mark Twain

187. “The time is now, the person is you.”

— Nido R. Qubein

188. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

— Aristotle

189. “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

— Francis Bacon

190. “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

191. “With hard work and focus, dreams do come true.”

— Jake Matthews

192. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”

— Helen Keller

193. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”

— J.K. Rowling

194. “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

— Oscar Wilde

195. “If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. ”

— Vince Lombardi

196. “It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.”

— Zig Ziglar

197. “Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take risks, impossible becomes just a word.”

— Richard Branson

198. “Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.”

— Oprah Winfrey

199. “A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires.”

— William Arthur Ward

200. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”

— Oprah Winfrey