Graduation

Short graduation quotes

Short lines for a graduation card, a decorated cap, a yearbook entry or the last slide of a speech. Every quote here is 30 words or fewer, from writers such as Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Emerson, Whitman and Lewis Carroll. Most are encouraging, one or two are gently funny. They are all public domain, so you can print them on anything, and each is copied word for word from the original book, with a link to check it.

How to use these

  • Short lines fit a card or a decorated cap; longer ones suit a speech opening.
  • Say the author's name; it gives the line weight in a speech.

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