These Quotes About Graduating Are Perfect for Sending to Your Son
It all happens within the blink of an eye: The once little rascal you raised has grown up, and is ready to walk across that graduation stage. Anyone with a son can agree that this is such a pivotal moment—both for you and them! Boy moms feel the accuracy of this, especially Ree Drummond. The Pioneer Woman has had three boys graduate high school, and will experience this all over again when they finish college, too. That's why this list of graduation quotes is perfect for sons...as well as parents with sons!
Now, you may not be able to stop the tears from coming, but you can channel your day-of blubbering into a thoughtful, cohesive toast using these graduation quotes for sons. Or, you could share these quotes from historical leaders, authors, actors, and athletes for the perfect graduation Instagram caption. This one from Derek Jeter is a great example: “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
Heck, some of these graduation quotes for sons are so sweet, they could even be used in a card alongside a graduation gift! And if you've got more than one graduation this spring or summer, be sure to check out our graduation quotes for daughters, too.
Kerry Washington
“Your life is your adventure. And the adventure ahead of you is a journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.”
Derek Jeter
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
Nelson Mandela
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”
Matt Bondi
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
Leonardo DiCaprio
“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.”
Chris Pine
“Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is: head down and focus on the job.”
Nora Ephron
“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.”
Yoda, ‘Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back’
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
J. Golliver
“The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away.”
Walt Disney
“All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go.”
Meryl Streep
“You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you, and you already have.”
Robert De Niro
“There will be times when your best isn’t good enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best you’ll be OK.”
Steve Jobs
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
Michael Jordan
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
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."
Israelmore Ayivor
"You must begin by all means."
David McCullough, Jr.
"Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself."
Thomas Edison
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
Amanda Gorman
"We don't need a gown.
We don't need a stage.
We are walking beside our ancestors,
Their drums roar for us.
Their feet stomp at our life.
There is power in being robbed
& still choosing to dance."
Ellen DeGeneres
"Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that."
Tim Fargo
"Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it."
David McCullough, Jr.
"Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer."
Debbie Millman
"Start now. Not 20 years from now, not two weeks from now. Now."
Ann Patchett
"If you're lucky, putting together your life is a process that will last through every single day you're alive."
Babe Ruth
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
Dr. Seuss
"You're off to great places
Today is your day
Your mountain is waiting
Go, get on your way!"
Beverly Sills
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
Emily Henry, 'The Love That Split the World'
"Just because you don't know what you want yet, it doesn't mean that there's nothing to want."
Thomas Jefferson
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
Anatole France
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe."
Tim Cook
"Call upon your grit. Try something."
Lin-Manuel Miranda
"This act of choosing—the stories we tell versus the stories we leave out—will reverberate across the rest of your life."
Albert Einstein
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."
Tom Bodett
"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."
Neil Gaiman
"Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes."
Denzel Washington
"Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. You've got to take risks."
Tom Hanks
"Your rising from bed every morning will give fear its chance to grow stronger just as it will afford faith its chance to blossom."
Steve Jobs
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
Jesse Owens
"Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it."
Toni Morrison
"From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as already artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art."
Henry David Thoreau
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Muhammad Ali
"Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man."
Gabrielle Giffords
"Be bold, be courageous, be your best."
Arthur Ashe
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
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