“Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.”
Graduation speeches
Quotes for a graduation speech or card, about learning, the future and what comes next.
“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.”
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
“I am still learning.”
“Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.”
“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
“If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.”
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest Second, by imitation, which is easiest and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
“Always desire to learn something useful.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
“God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.”
“It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.”