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.

19 passages

Wit & one-liners
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 · Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper
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Joy & wonder
Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it’s such an interesting world.
L. M. MontgomeryAnne of Green Gables, 1908 · Chapter II: Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised
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Wit & one-liners
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark TwainThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894 · Chapter V: The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing
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