Senior Graduation Quotes

Whether a famous quote or an original saying, finding just the right senior graduation quotes can be difficult. Read below for some great quotes and tips on coming up with your own.

What will your senior quote say?

Senior Yearbook Quotes

In many yearbooks, seniors submit a special quote that will be printed below or near their senior pictures. Students typically have the freedom to choose their own quotes, although schools typically have guidelines against certain types of humor, profane language, and other inappropriate remarks. It’s often difficult for students to choose their quote, knowing it may be a long-remembered tag line.

For most students, it’s best to choose a phrase or saying that reflects their personalities, achievements, or goals – a humorous quote might reflect your keen wit, a verse or poetry illustrate your passion for writing, or classic inspirational phrase suggest your well-planned goals for the future.

Choosing Senior Graduation Quotes

Senior graduation and yearbook quotes can be from movies or TV shows, children’s books, classic books or poetry, song lyrics, or original statements. There are a number of graduation sayings that specifically pertain to education and commencement, but your quote doesn’t necessarily have to pertain to school. The following includes some of the popular senior quotes and additional resources to find the type of quote that’s right for you.

Famous Quotes for Graduation

Classic and universal, famous sentiments on education are great graduation phrases. Visit LoveToKnow Best College Quotes for some of the all-time best thoughts on education. Many statements from the world’s best minds and book quotes also refer to education, including the following:

Ben Franklin Quotes: The well-known brilliant mind and author of ‘’Poor Richard’s Almanac’’ has dozens of phrases fitting for graduation. From the infamous Early to bed, early to rise saying to his “Well done is better than well said,” the Ben Franklin Quotable Index may have exactly what you’re looking for.

Mark Twain Quotes: This American author is also well-known for his witty quotes. From a simple quote like his “Training is everything” from ‘’’Pudd’nhead Wilson’’’ to longer quotes on education like his statement on education having two goals – to confer and to conceal (from 1908 Notebook), the Twain Quote Index has many humorous saying appropriate for graduation.

• Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. -- Louisa May Alcott (from Favorite Quotes and Quotations).
• Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -- William Butler Yeats (from All Great Quotes).
• The tassel's worth the hassle! -- Author Unknown (from The Quote Garden).
• A smart person knows what to say; a wise person knows whether or not to say it. -- Source Unknown (from Quote Mountain)

Movie Quotes

Many popular movie quotes can work as a senior grad quote. A quote from your favorite movie can reflect a bit about you, or you can choose form humorous or sentimental portions of movie dialogue. For popular classic and contemporary movie quotes from your favorite flicks, visit the IMB movie quote database.

Dr. Seuss Quotes

The well-known other of zany children’s books might sound like an unusual choice for graduation sayings, but it’s more popular than you may realize. There are many unique phrases in his books, and many add a whimsical bit of humor that is ironically well-suited for graduation. Visit LoveToKnow Scrapbooking for some great Dr. Seuss quotes for graduation.

Finding Quotes on Forums

Another great way to narrow down your quote choice is to browse to toss out ideas on a forum. Many people are glad to share their own quote, cool phrases they’ve heard, or just give their opinions of the quotes you’re considering.

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