137 Inspirational Graduation Quotes for the Class of 2025

So, I say to you, forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.

I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.

The Lord gave us two ends: one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you.

My dear terrified graduates, you are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

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.

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Fight for what makes you optimistic about the world. Find it, insist on it, dig into it, go after it.

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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.

We may live in an age of instant messaging, instant gratification and Instagram, but there is no way to short circuit the path to success.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

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.

You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

It’s your turn to choose and define what success means to you. Now, others will try to define it for you, but yours is the only voice that matters.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.

Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.