As another academic year ends, it’s time to celebrate achievements, recall memories, and look forward to new adventures. The transition is often a poignant one- marked by both excitement and nostalgia. To inspire students as they embark on their next journey, we’ve curated a collection of 48 motivating end-of-school-year quotes. These words of wisdom; accumulated from various thinkers, authors, and leaders, encapsulate the spirit of moving forward while reflecting on the past. Dive in and find inspiration for your next move.
1. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss
3. The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. – B.B. King
4. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X
5. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. – Dr. Seuss
6. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. – Aristotle
7. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis
8. Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning. – Senator Orrin Hatch
9. What feels like the end is often the beginning. – Unknown
10. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm Forbes
11. Be so good they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin
12. The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. – Plato
13. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
14. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier
15. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar
16. Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. – Oprah Winfrey
17. It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela
18. Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. – Unknown
19. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe
20. Every year, you start with a blank canvas… create a masterpiece. – Unknown
21. All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
22. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
23. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
24. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
25. The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln
26. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. – Sydney J. Harris
27. The road to success is always under construction. – Lily Tomlin
28. Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
29. If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission. – Anonymous
30. Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein
32. Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson
33. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
34. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer
35. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. – William B. Sprague
36. Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. – Buddha
37. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michael John Bobak
38. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
39. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
40. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
41. Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B.F. Skinner
42. The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. – Jordan Belfort
43. What we learn with pleasure, we never forget. – Alfred Mercier
44. Success is not in what you have, but who you are. – Bo Bennett
45. With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt
46. Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. – Charles Kettering
47. Mistakes are proof that you are trying. – Unknown
48. The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it. – Unknown
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