Best Inspirational Graduation Quotes

Looking for inspirational graduation quote ideas for your graduation announcement, speeches, gift inscriptions, or social media posts? These quotes are fitting for this exciting graduation season and will inspire your grad as they enter the new chapter of their life.

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
— Albert Einstein
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
— Babe Ruth
“Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Kid, you’ll move mountains.”
— Dr. Seuss

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dream.

Eleanor Roosevelt

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”
— Melinda Gates
“To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift.”
— Steve Prefontaine
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“It is absolutely still possible to make a difference.”
— Michelle Obama
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind”
— C.S. Lewis

All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
— Arthur Ashe
“There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.”
— Jennifer Aniston
“She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”
— Kobi Yamada
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
— Michael Altschuler

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.”
— Carol Burnett
“If I must give any of you advice it would be say yes. Say yes, and create your own destiny.”
— Maya Rudolph
“The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give into peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not.”
— Ellen DeGeneres
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
— Babe Ruth
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
— Zig Ziglar

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

“It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”
— George Burns
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
— Michael Jordan
“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.”
— Ben Hogan
“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”
— Alfred Mercier
“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
— Joe Namath

There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.

Dick Costolo

“There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.”
— Dick Costolo
“Today or never that’s my motto.”
— Mary Poppins
“Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.”
— Pocahontas
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
— Anthony Robbins
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
— Oprah Winfrey

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
— Maya Angelou
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
— John F. Kennedy
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
— Nelson Mandela
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m Possible”.”
— Audrey Hepburn
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.”
— Dr. Seuss

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

Steve Jobs

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
— Steve Jobs
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.”
— John Wooden
“Every person you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.”
— H Jackson Brown Jr.