“Don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise.”
Graduation Quotes · Page 2
Inspire the next chapter with meaningful graduation quotes that honor achievement and point toward possibility. Perfect for speeches, cards, and commemorating a new beginning.
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“Bad teachers do not touch me; the great ones never leave me.”
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
“Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown propos'd as things forgot.”
“When I am forgotten, as I shall be, and sleep in dull cold marble, say, I taught thee.”
“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.”
“For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.”
“It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.”
“We learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture room.”
“We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully.”
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”
“Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.”
“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”