Need some good quotes on graduating, moving on, victory etc etc?

Question

im making the closing speech for my graduation ceremony and need some good ideas. references will be appreciated!!

**im going into High School**

Answer 1

The darkest time of night is right before dawn

Answer 2

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Chinese Proverb

A good teacher stretches his students. A good student stretches his teacher.

High Schools are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so it accumulates.

Answer 3

http://thinkexist.com/quotations/victory...

Answer 4

life is like a pen. you cant erase the past but you can write the future.

Answer 5

"Out into the great wide open," - Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers

Or

We, as tadpoles, must venture out into a greater expanse. For, if not, we would remain forever unchanged and weak. - Me