Graduation Mottos - Inspiring Quotes, Sayings and Verses for Graduates

Are you seeking ideas and inspiration for nice and meaningful graduation mottos?

Graduation is a great time of celebration of accomplishments as well as a time of eager anticipation of what lies ahead. Graduations are normally well thought out ceremonies that not only honor the graduates, but also encourage and motivate them for the life-long journey that is ahead of them.

It wouldn't be graduation without an encouraging speaker, as well as a graduation motto. There are many men and women who have given us wise sayings or mottos throughout history. Many of them are used at graduations to motivate and inspire graduates to pursue their full potential in life.

You may want to share a graduation motto or quote in a card that you are giving to a graduate, along with some inspirational words from your heart. You could also purchase an inspirational plaque or picture and give it as a graduation gift, so that your graduate will be inspired and motivated every time he / she sees it.

Here are some examples of quotes, mottos, and sayings by some influential men and women of the past and present. They would really make inspirational graduation mottos.

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." Milton Berle

"There is no spark like the one ignited under the aspirations of a new graduate." Byron Pulsifer

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France

"All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder." Author Unknown

"Life is to be lived through action not by dreaming." Byron Pulsifer

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it." William Arthur Ward

"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." Edward Koch

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

These are just a few examples of awesome graduation mottos that have been used.

Don't be afraid to use your own creativity and write your own graduation motto for your graduate. Just think of the life lessons that you have learned and wish someone had told you when you were graduating and share them with him or her. He / she will be very grateful.

Regardless of what graduation saying, verse, quote or motto you use, your graduate will be grateful for the words of encouragement from you and hopefully keep them in mind throughout his / her life journey.

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