Graduation Advice Quotes

#1. The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.

James Farley

#2. Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push-up bras.

Dolly Parton

#3. Just because you don't know what you want yet, it doesn't mean that there's nothing to want.

Emily Henry

#4. Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life." (Wellesly High School commencement speech, "You Are Not Special", 6-12)

Teacher David McCullough

#5. Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.

Marilynn Dawson

#6. People will say you can't do good and do well. They're wrong, that's idiotic advice.

Soledad O'Brien

#7. My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.

Jillian Bach

#8. If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

Whoopi Goldberg