Funny Graduation Quotes to Make Your Recent Grad Smile
- 1) Jim Carrey
- 2) Steve Jobs
- 3) Neil Gaiman
- 4) Dolly Parton
- 5) Kerry Washington
- 7) Mahatma Gandhi
- 8) Robin Williams
- 9) Louisa May Alcott
- 10) Lily Tomlin
- 11) Elbert Hubbard
- 12) Napoleon Hill
- 13) Theodore Roosevelt
- 14) Greg Tamblyn
- 15) John Green
- 16) Thomas Dewar
- 17) Erma Bombeck
- 18) Patricia Akins
- 19) Gloria Davidson
- 20) Muhammad Ali
- 21) Stephen Colbert
- 22) Jim Carrey
- 23) Tom & Ray Magliozzi
- 24) Aaron Sorkin
- 25) Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 26) Jon Stewart
- 27) Ed Helms
- 28) Vidal Sassoon
- 29) Al Bernstein
- 30) Benjamin Franklin
- 31) Gary Bolding
- 32) Lily Tomlin
- 33) Betty Reese
- 34) George W. Bush
- 35) Mark Twain
- 36) Mark A. Cooper
- 37) Unknown
- 38) William Lyon Phelps
- 39) Unknown
- 40) Ellen DeGeneres
- 41) Lin-Manuel Miranda
- 42) Unknown
- 43) Russell Baker
- 44) Will Rogers
- 45) Melanie White
- 46) Robert Orben
1) Jim Carrey

"Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory."
2) Steve Jobs

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."
3) Neil Gaiman

"Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here."
4) Dolly Parton

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."
5) Kerry Washington

"You and you alone are the only person who can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell."
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7) Mahatma Gandhi

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
8) Robin Williams

"Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift."
9) Louisa May Alcott

"Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors."
10) Lily Tomlin

"The road to success is always under construction."
11) Elbert Hubbard

"Don't take life too seriously. No one makes it out alive.
12) Napoleon Hill

"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together."
13) Theodore Roosevelt

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car. But if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
14) Greg Tamblyn

"At graduation you get to wear a cap and gown, but it's a good idea to also wear something underneath it."
15) John Green

"Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you."
16) Thomas Dewar

"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open."
17) Erma Bombeck

"Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed."
18) Patricia Akins

"Remember, when it comes to applying for jobs, books ARE judged by their cover!"
19) Gloria Davidson

"Struggling to decide what to do after graduation is, and always will be, a sort of rite of passage to the next phase of your life."
20) Muhammad Ali

"If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
21) Stephen Colbert

"Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along."
22) Jim Carrey

"I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."
23) Tom & Ray Magliozzi

"You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or brain cells than you have today."
24) Aaron Sorkin

"You’re going to fall down, but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up."
25) Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets."
26) Jon Stewart

"The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective."
27) Ed Helms

"So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track."
28) Vidal Sassoon

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
29) Al Bernstein

"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."
30) Benjamin Franklin

"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock."
31) Gary Bolding

“Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.”
32) Lily Tomlin

“The road to success is always under construction.”
33) Betty Reese

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.”
34) George W. Bush

“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.”
35) Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
36) Mark A. Cooper

"Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself."
37) Unknown

"Dance like nobody’s watching, because they are not, they are all checking their phones."
38) William Lyon Phelps

"If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
39) Unknown

"Graduation: A ritual event where they award you a diploma, in the hope that you have learned enough to be able to read it."
40) Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that."
41) Lin-Manuel Miranda

"My dear terrified graduates, you are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives."
42) Unknown

"When they hand you your diploma, keep moving. Just in case they try to take it back."
43) Russell Baker

"The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don’t do it. I have been out there. It is a mess."
44) Will Rogers

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."
45) Melanie White

"Now that you’ve graduated, just remember: Bosses don’t usually accept notes from your mother."
46) Robert Orben

"A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success."