Inspiring Graduation Quotes

#1. When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.

Zig Ziglar

#2. But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

Jim Butcher

#3. Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go; split people see and create splits in everything and everybody.

Richard Rohr

#4. It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

Elizabeth Hand

#5. You will throughout your life have people who will tell you that you're not good enough. Maybe they're jealous. Maybe they think you aren't. Maybe they've had a bad day. But ultimately you have to believe in yourself.

Meredith Vieira

#6. 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

#7. The memory of sacred moment is unforgettable.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. Work hard but work smart. Always. Every day. Nothing is handed to you and nothing is easy. You're not owed anything ... No job or task is too small or beneath you. If you want to get ahead, volunteer to do the things no one else wants to do, and do it better. Be a sponge. Be open and learn.

Bobbi Brown

#9. You all have opportunities and skills and education that so many folks who came before you never could have dreamed of. So just imagine the kind of impact that you're going to make. Imagine how you can inspire those around you to reach higher and complete their own education.

Michelle Obama

#10. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

Thomas Jefferson

#11. I did teach elementary school for quite a while, and so I didn't have to reach too far back for the titles and authors that populate the early chapters 'of The Borrower.'

Rebecca Makkai

#12. We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

Billy Graham

#13. You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them

Zig Ziglar

#14. I thought we were gonna take this relationship slow."
"A back rub is harmless."
My eyes roam over her kick-ass bikini-covered bod. "I'll have you know I've been intimate with girls wearin' a lot more.

Simone Elkeles

#15. Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.

Jessica Lange

#16. A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.

Laurence J. Peter

#17. Education is a relentless voyage of discovery.

Abhijit Naskar

#18. You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

Elbert Hubbard

#19. Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.

Patrick Leahy

#20. You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.

Elizabeth Edwards

#21. Where's your crown, Short Stuff?"
"Stuffed in a planter back there with my shoes.

Melissa A. Craven