Senior year is widely considered to be the greatest year of high school, and your senior quote is supposed to reflect that. It is somehow supposed to sum up all your years of schooling while setting the tone for the rest of your life, which is about to really begin. If the deadline for choosing your quote is fast-approaching, find the group below that best describes you, or peruse for a quote that fits your personality. Good luck!
For the Brainiac:
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” - Laird Hamilton
“The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” - Walt Whitman
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
For the Jock:
“Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.” - Liane Cardes
“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” - Ben Hogan
“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” - Mary Lou Retton
“I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” - Tom Landry
For the Class Clown:
“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” - Roald Dahl
“Always find a reason to laugh. It may not add years to your life but will surely add life to your years." - Unknown
For the Dreamer:
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney
“It is not in the Stars to hold our Destiny but in ourselves” - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
For the Downer:
“Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person... And that is why they forget their dreams.” - Paulo Coelho
“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.” - Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
"Life is a constant process of dying.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
"The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human character, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
For the Sentimental:
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye hard.” - A. A. Milne
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Dr. Seuss
“Me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it’s not some place you can look for because it’s not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something and if you find that moment, it lasts forever.” - Richard, The Beach
For the Ambitious:
“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” - Walter Mitty, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.” - Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life…" - Henry David Thoreau
For the Matter-Of-Fact:
“Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.” - Dean Koontz
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” - Walt Disney
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss
“Begin at the beginning… and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
“All I know is that I do not know anything” - Socrates
"Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. Alright? You dream, you gotta protect it... If you want something, go get it. Period.” - Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness
For the Compassionate:
"Carry a heart that never hates, a smile that never fades and a touch that never hurts." - Unknown
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” - George Washington Carver
“In a world full of people who couldn't care less, be someone who cares more." - Unknown
"By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach." - Winston Churchill
For the Realist:
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.” - Carroll Bryant
“Go wisely and go slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.” - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.” - Carroll Bryant
“Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.” - Carroll Bryant
“You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.” - White Queen, Alice in Wonderland
For the Romantic:
“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.” - Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now." - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Make something beautiful of your life.” - Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
For the Wizard:
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” - J. K. Rowling
For the Rebel:
“Resist much, obey little.” - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
For the Ready:
“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” - Mary Pickford
“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.” - Rafiki, The Lion King
“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” - Walt Disney
“We know what we are but know not what we may be.” - Shakespeare, Ophelia
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt Disney
“I don’t regret the things I’ve done, but those I did not do.” - Rory Cochrane, Empire Records
For the Basic:
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“We are who we choose to be.” - Green Goblin, Spider-Man
“Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’” - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” - Dr. Seuss
