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Senior quotes for yearbooks A senior quote has very little space and a very long life. These source-verified public-domain selections are concise enough for a yearbook while still expressing identity, friendship, courage, learning and the uncertainty of beginning a new chapter. Check your school’s character limit and attribution rules before submitting one.. Each quotation includes a traceable source and approved rights status.
Reviewed 27 July 2026 · Quotes.org.in editorial desk · 17 verified quotations
Indian voices in this collection
Indian poetry and wisdom, read in context. 10 selections on this page come from verified public-domain Indian editions, including 1 in Hindi where available. Author and source pages explain the original work, wording, translation and editorial method.
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Choose a line that will still sound like you. Start with your school’s length and content rules; published yearbook guidance commonly limits quotations to roughly 120–150 characters and requires a named source. Avoid modern song lyrics, film dialogue and internet jokes unless your school permits them and the wording can be used legally. For longer ceremony messages, browse the graduation collection .
What makes a good senior quote? The best choice is brief, understandable without a footnote and connected to something you genuinely value. Read the original source before placing a dramatic line beneath your own photograph.
Can I use these quotations in a school yearbook? These selections come from reviewed public-domain texts, but your school controls its submission rules. Copy the displayed wording and author exactly, then include the source if the yearbook form allows it.
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✓ Source verified “This above all: to thine own self be true.” William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?” Confucius
Analects, Book 1 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” William Shakespeare
As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, First Series — Circles · View source
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✓ Source verified “Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Lord, we know what we are but know not what we may be.” William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5 · View source
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✓ Source verified “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.” Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali, poem 35 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.” Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali, poem 37 · View source
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✓ Source verified “Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.” Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works, Volume 3 — The Vedanta · View source
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✓ Source verified “Within you lies indomitable power.” Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works, Volume 7 — Conversations and Dialogues VII · View source
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✓ Source verified “So stay where you are, and all things shall come to you in time.” Kabir
Songs of Kabir, poem XL (I.65), translated by Rabindranath Tagore · View source
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