High School Commencement Speech Quotes

Congratulations, you've made it through high school and if you're preparing a graduation speech, you're probably a valedictorian or salutorian or class president, so an extra "well done" to you.

But after all those papers and final exams, now you've got to write your graduation address. Here are a few inspirational quotes that will help get the ball rolling. They've been broken down into categories depending on the theme of your speech and the source for where you can track down the quote is listed after it.

Theme: Let's go out and tackle the world.
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, found at www.thinkexist.com

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill, found at www.thinkexist.com

"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one."
-Wayne Dyer, found at www.thinkexist.com

"The journey is the reward."
-Chinese Proverb, found at www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com

Theme: Stay true to yourself.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.'
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, found at www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
-Henry David Thoreau, found at www.thinkexist.com

Theme: Friendship is important so let's stay in touch.
"The road to a friend's house is never long."
-Danish Proverb, found at www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com

Theme: Thanks to mom and dad.
"All that AI am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."
-Abraham Lincoln, found at www.my-thank-you-site.com

"My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."
-Clarence B. Kelland, found at www.my-thank-you-site.com

Theme: Let's have some fun.
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy."
-Robert Louis Stevenson, found at www.coolquotes,com

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."
-Katherine Hepburn, found at www.coolquotes.com