Quotes About High School

I remember my time in middle school and high school like it was yesterday. I had a love hate relationship with school and I remember key moments vividly. There’s no better time to start finding yourself and learning about who you are like during high school. You are free to make mistakes, make friends, fail, succeed and simply be. There’s no rush to do anything or be anything. All you need to do at this point is simply be!

One great thing about high school is the people you meet; for some, they will be the best people you ever come across, and you will remember them for the rest of your life. For others, they’ll be terrible, and you will loathe that you ever met them. However, don’t worry; nothing truly lasts forever in high school, which is why you must take each day as it is, an experience. An experience that would last a lifetime or you may forget. Whatever happens, just do you!

To help you navigate high school better, we’ve curated several quotes to get you through all the dark days of your time in high school and your best days, from your first day as a freshman to your last day as a senior.

First day of high school quotes

The first day of high school is the worst, isn’t it? The jitters, the fear, the unknown, and the new world are very different from the world of middle school. It’s even worse if you are starting high school in a totally new district where you don’t know anybody or how to find your way around. At least if you had your old friends with you, you could have a crutch to lean on and someone to share the awkwardness with. Well, just so you know, it won’t matter whether your friends are there or not, you may still feel uncertain.

However, we know that deep down, you feel a little excited, don’t you? Yes, you absolutely do, and there’s nothing wrong with it. The first day is like a new beginning, a fresh start, a clean slate. The world is in your hands, and you can do whatever you want. But don’t overthink it too much. It’s literally your first day! You have the entire years of high school to figure out everything, have friends and even have embarrassing moments. Yes, those moments will come; it’s like a right of passage; you have to be ready to face it like a boss when it eventually comes. When you grow older and realize that everyone is scared like you, you will see clearly that it was not as serious as you thought.

Well, as you are thinking of what to wear and how to navigate the scary world of teenagehood in this world. You can use some of these quotes to hold yourself together.

School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here.” — Winifred C. Marshal

 “What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.” — Chuck Grassley

“Don’t try so hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try so hard to be different … just try hard to be you.” — Zendaya

 “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.” ― Dr. Seuss

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” — John Dewey

“Take your risks now. As you grow older, you become more fearful and less flexible.” — Amy Poehler

“The first day of school – The day when the countdown to the last day of the school begins.” ― Unknown

Junior year of high school quotes

Ah, junior year of high school. This is the midpoint of your high school years. At this point, you must have had enough experience to relate with the seniors but are still young enough to relate with the freshmen. This year is a little funny and messy because you are expected to start thinking of what you want for college from here. Maybe not planning but at least to start working towards it. You may start keeping different friends, having different extracurriculars, and even becoming more serious in your school work because you need all the credits you can possibly get.

Apart from the future, at this point, you may have formulated a friend group or at least a friendship dynamic with some people. You may have been invited to parties and have a special place at school you go to chill. Your locker would have become an extension of you, smelling like you, holding your memories. If you are part of a group such as a sports team or debate team, at this point, you must have bonded, whether through wins or adversities. It is your junior year; your high school life starts taking shape.

Here are some quotes to help you navigate your junior year.

Keep calm and get through your junior year.” —Unknown

“I didn’t figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.”— Catherine Bell

“I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I’d always wanted to try it.” — Rainn Wilson

I’m not new and I’m not leaving just yet. I’m a junior.” —Unknown

“The real test is getting through junior year without wishing you were a senior every waking second.” —Unknown

“I don’t remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.” —Tony Gilroy

“Graduation is so close, yet so far.”—Unknown

“I was trying to fit in for so long, until about Junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.”— Maiara Walshh

 “That moment when you realize that you are nothing like your freshman self.” —Unknown

“I never grew at all until my junior year of high school-if you call that growing.” — Chris Paul

“Wake me up when it’s time to graduate or if we have a pop quiz.” —Unknown

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” — Dr. Seuss

“I’m not new and I’m not leaving just yet. I’m a junior.”—Unknown

“Yesterday, I was a freshman. Today, I woke up a junior. Maybe tomorrow I’ll be a senior” —Unknown

High school senior quotes

Your senior year is the peak of your high school years. Everything is more intense m  You realize that these experiences and friends you’ve taken for granted will soon leave you. And you will soon leave your family. You start thinking of SATs, college, and life after high school. You start sending your college applications to several places to see if you get in. At this point in your life, you have everything and nothing. You are at the edge of the seat and will soon leave, but you still want to experience high school as much as you possibly can.

So, you go to parties, go for sleepovers, and have planned trips with your classmates. All of a sudden, classmates that you had issues with don’t feel as bad as they once did. Your world would soon change, and whether you admit it or not, these people were an integral part of your school life. You spent at least 8 hours around them five days a week except for holidays. They probably know you a lot more than your extended family.

Senior year can be scary; in fact, scratch that, senior year is scary! Very scary, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes scary is good. It reminds you that you have lived and still live. So why not live? Let your fears go, and just have fun. Sure, do what you’re supposed to, like study and complete all your credits to graduate with your class. But enjoy every day. Live it to the fullest!

So here are some quotes to help you during your jittery last days at high school.

“Great things are just ahead, within your reach.Follow your dreams with action and determination. Impossibility won’t stand a chance.” —Unknown

“You have the power to create the life of your dreams and to make the world a better place.” —Unknown

“The world is full of tools: a pen, a paint brush, a microscope. Pick up yours and soar.” —Unknown

“A single moment can change your life; be open to the amazing opportunities that lie ahead.” —Unknown

“If you always hike on the same trail, you might miss a world of beauty. Be bold, and dare to try new paths” —Unknown

“Take your risks now. As you grow older, you become more fearful and less flexible … Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don’t know about. Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’ Continue to share your heart with people even if it’s been broken.” —Amy Poehler

“Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life.” —Frederick W. Robertson

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” —Benjamin Franklin

“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” —Nora Ephron

“Don’t ever think you have to compare yourself to others; your journey is uniquely yours, no matter where you go or how you travel it.” —Unknown

Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey.”—Michael Josephso

The adventure ahead of you is a journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” —Kerry Washington

Funny quotes about high school life

When you inevitably leave high school, you will find out that high school life was pretty funny. You may have had a lot of bad days, but for the most part, there were a lot of funny moments. These moments can be anything from a laughing classmate to the class clown or the teacher who tells jokes that leave the class in stitches. High school is just one absurdity after another, and if you stop and breathe, you’ll realize that it’s not as bad as you think. There’s laughter in everything and everywhere; you have to be able to see it.

Think about it, the fights and conversations about the weirdest things. The funny hall monitor, skipping boring classes and even the days spent in detention. The looks on people’s faces when the principal calls a student to their office. The teacher sharing your graded quiz and even that one student’s funny project leaves everyone cackling. Like we have said before, you have to look for it. There’s absurdity everywhere! However, you have to remember that you can’t catch fun at the expense of another, laugh only at genuinely harmlessly funny scenarios and not about people. Never be too scared to call out those wrong situations.

This is why to encapsulate the entire funny energy of the high school, we have found some funny quotes for you. Here are some of them.

“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” —Kurt Vonnegut.

“You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him. You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop- windows.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”— Haruki Murakami.

“In school they told me Practice makes perfect. And then they told me Nobody’s perfect, so then I stopped practicing.” —Steven Wright.

“We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.”— Peter De Vries.

“You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.” —Bill Watterson.

My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary column.” — Norm Crosby.

“Every class is drama class when you’re in high school.” — Timothy Bird.

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” — Theodore Roosevelt.

“There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done: school and prison.” —William Glasser.

Quotes about high school sweethearts

Oh, teenage love. There’s nothing quite like it. It’s pure and unadulterated and fueled by hormones. That cocktail of puberty hormones can leave you doing unfortunately stupid things, but to be honest, it doesn’t matter because what’s love if not an absurdity? When you first fall in love in high school and meet your first sweetheart, it feels like nothing you’ve ever felt! It’s pure and unadulterated by the unrealistic standards of the real world. You feel butterflies, and for those moments, you quite literally can’t literally imagine your life without them. They make you smile and make your life. However, another thing about high school sweethearts is that they can be fickle. One day you truly love them, and the next day, you can’t imagine you ever knew them.

When you finally get another high school sweetheart, the cycle starts all over again. You start wondering why you ever thought the last person was your everything. And again, this new sweetheart becomes your all. If you are lucky, your love will transcend the walls of your high school into the real world. However, this is where your love would be truly tested. If you are not under the spectrum of accepted love, things may be different for you. You may have to hide your emotions so as not to be ostracised. Still, try and love as freely as you can. If you feel you love someone you go and tell them. You should know that the worst thing they can say to you is No. It may hurt, scratch that, it will hurt, but the hurt and embarrassment would go away.

Here are some quotes to remind you of your high school sweetheart.

“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.”—Benjamin Disraeli

“Your first love isn’t the first person you give your heart to―it’s the first one who breaks it.” ―Lang Leav

“First love is a kind of vaccination that immunizes a man from catching the disease a second time.” —Honoré de Balzac”

Your first love isn’t the first person you give your heart to―it’s the first one who breaks it.” ―Lang Leav

“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”—George Bernard S

“First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the every day, over the rut of living, making him all looks, silences, gestures, attitudes, a burning phrase with no context” — Elizabeth Bowen

“I’m so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy”—Jesse Tyler

“High school love starts with the tease and you end up falling for them anyways, which will eventually end” — Unknown

“You were a soldier I mistook you for the king

I said I love you and you said who cares? And that’s when life was truly cruel” — Unknown

“Take the embarrassments young, when you grow up it’s hard to forget” — Unknown

“I love you high school sweetheart” — Unknown

“I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.” — Janis Ian

“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.” —Daphne du Maurier

End of high school quotes

The end of high school is one of the best times in your life. What makes it so impactful is that it usually coincides with the beginning  of you having more freedom, and things start getting more real. There is usually a lot of fear around this time and a lot of excitement too. Sometimes those two emotions can go hand in hand, and these emotions can lead you to make irrational decisions. You must always be careful at this point because things are heightened here; you feel everything more than you usually do. You want to experience as much as possible in as little time as possible, but you must know that you still have the rest of your life. The end of high school is just the beginning because there will be a lot of ends, and there’ll be a lot more beginnings. You have to ride the wave and enjoy it as you go.

This time can also be scary because some people already have it all figured out. They’ve already gotten early admission or already planned their backpacking trip across Europe, or found where they want to start their apprenticeship. And you may be feeling like you’re not sure of what you want to do. Well, all you need to know at this point is that no one truly knows what they’re doing at the end of high school. They’re just enjoying the ride, and you should too. This is your chance to carve a path for yourself, so take it by force! Let go of old grievances and give yourself a clean slate.

Here are some quotes to help you navigate the end of high school and take you back to the time it once was.

My dear terrified graduates, you are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives. The stories you are about to live are the ones you will be telling your children, and grandchildren, and therapists.”

—Lin-Manuel Miranda

“The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.”—Sarah Brown

“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.”—Will Rogers

“Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.”—Ellen DeGeneres

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”—Mark Twain

“Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.” —Gary Bolding

“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.”—George W. Bush

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”—Thomas Edison

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs . . . one step at a time.”—Joe Girard

“The road to success is always under construction.”—Lily Tomlin

“There may be days when you’ll say to yourself, ‘I can’t. I literally can’t even.’ But you can! You can even!”—Katie Couric

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”—Charles Schulz

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has an education, he may steal the whole railroad.”—Theodore Roosevelt

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” —Audrey Hepburn

Quotes about high school friends

Your high school friends are some of the most important friends you’ll ever meet. They help you through your darkest times and love you for who you are and what you bring to the table rather than what you can do for them. Much like high school sweethearts, high school friends feel like your world. They know your secrets, they have probably seen you at your most embarrassing but do you know something? These friends may not last forever. Yes, as deep and all-encompassing as high school friends may seem, life can pull you to different parts of the world. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you hate them or that they are terrible people. No, quite the contrary, this means you’ve helped each other reach their potential and now must part ways amicably.

If you are lucky, you get to have them for your entire life and maybe even marry them. Who knows? That’s how life is. But the important thing is to enjoy them as they are and not feel bad if you guys grow apart as you leave high school. Cherish the time you had together, and wish them well in all their endeavor. However, if you grow and find out the relationship was toxic, learn from it and do better. Suppose you find out you may have wronged them; you can reach out and apologize. However, do not expect that they must forgive you. Forgiveness must be earned and not demanded. Make changes in your life and be a better person.

“School is not really about the education, it’s about the people and places” — Unknown

“The memories we created here are memories for life” — Unknown

“No matters what happens..memories of our friendship can never be replaced.”  — Unknown

“The days spent with my friends becomes the best days of my life.” — Unknown

“There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is FRIENDSHIP.” — Unknown

“F.R.I.E.N.D.S Fight for you. Respect you. Include you. Encourage you. Need you. Deserve you. Stand by you.” — Unknown

“We’re like the super friends. We’re a highly animated group.” — Unknown

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Unknown

“A day spent with friends is always a day well spent.” — Unknown

“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday, and then quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today, and that someday is yesterday. And this is your life.” — One Tree Hill

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley

“Don’t count the years. Count the memories.” — Unknown

“We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.” — Lynn Hall

High school quotes for yearbook

A high school yearbook reminds you of a life you once lived and who you once were. It is a reminder of classmates you’d inevitably forget and people you’ll remember forever. So cherish it. Suppose you can get several pictures of yourself into the yearbook. Please do it! Time will come that the picture will be all you have left from them. A yearbook is a collection of memories of all the lives the people you once knew lived. Absolutely cherish it when people come and tell you to write a quote for them or snap a picture that will enter the yearbook. Do not feel too big for it. It may not matter at that moment, but in the future, it will matter.

Look, your embarrassing photos, embarrassing moments, and even embarrassing friends and phases in your life are what will make you what you are. Sure, you will grow and become different, but every phase is necessary. Live every part of your life to the max! Do not let someone dumb down your shine. If your schoolmates are doing funny challenges, do it with them. If they are doing funny concept days, dress like it’s the 2000s or gender swap days or Halloween costumes days. Do it and document it. Live in the moment. You’d look back and be happy you did it.

Here are some quotes you can write in your schoolmates’ yearbook.

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” —Michelle Obama

“Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love.” —Emma Watson

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.” —Maya Angelou

“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.” —Leonardo DiCaprio

“If you like water, you already like 72% of me.” — Unknown

“What can I say about school? I laughed. I cried. My parents tell me it was fun.” — Unknown

“They asked me to write something. So here it is: Something.” — Unknown

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Unknown

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Unknown

“Yesterday is what brought you to today.” — Unknown

“Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.” —Oprah Winfrey

“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” —Emma Stone

When high school wasn’t easy

High school coincides with some of the most awkward times of our lives, and sometimes we’ll feel like trash. Some days the sky will become less blue, and the hue will be lost. Someday, exams will be bad, and you’ll get in trouble. Look, school is one of the best times of our lives, but that doesn’t make it immune to bad days. In fact, it is the bad days that make you appreciate the good days. However, the only thing you can do is live each day, each second, and each moment at a time. Don’t overthink it; breath. In a year, what you are feeling may not matter that much. Still, allow yourself to go through your feelings; if it gets too bad, talk to someone about it, an adult, a teacher, your parents, your siblings, or even a friend. Know that you are not alone in the struggle and pick yourself up.

If you are experiencing bullying, report it to the right authorities but make sure you stand up for yourself. And you know what? Sometimes that means defending yourself. Know that you may get in trouble, but you stood up for yourself.  The worst thing you can do when high school gets hard is to seclude yourself.  A closed mouth doesn’t get fed, so, people can’t help you if they don’t even know the issue with you. So talk to someone. See some quotes to get you through your dark times.

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.” —Jim Rohn

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”—R.M. Drake

“Behind you, all your memories. Before you, all your dreams. Around you, all who love you. Within you, all you need.” — Unknown

“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”—Nicholas Sparks

“Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey.” — Michael Josephson

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” — Jennifer Lee

“What she tackles, she conquers.” — Gilmore Girls

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” — E. E. Cummings

“The thing about new beginnings is that they require something else to end.” — Gossip Girl

“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” —Taraji P. Henson

Quotes on why school is important

There are few things more important than school. School is where your mind is opened, and your get both theoretical and practical experience. You from bonds, develop social skills and live different lives. In school, you are tasked to think critically about life and become better. You carry all you learn throughout life and into the society.

Apart from the obvious personal importance of school, it helps the society sustain itself. People retire, and the next generation of musicians, doctors, plumbers, contractors, realtors, and makeup artists have to exist. These diverse group of people all start from somewhere and this is school. Without school, they’ll most likely not be exposed to these lives. This is why you must enjoy yourself in school and immerse yourself in the experience. You’ll gain knowledge that can truly not be quantified.

Here are some quotes about the importance of school

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” —William S. Burroughs

“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” —Dr. Seuss

“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” —Elin Nordegren

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” –Benjamin Franklin

“Education is the key that unlocks the golden door to freedom.” —George Washington Carver

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” —Malcolm Forbes

“Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.” —W.B. Yeats

“Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.” –George Carlin

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” —John Dewey

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” —Maimonides

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” —Albert Einstein

Conclusion

High school is such a fun, weird, and awkward time in our lives, but that is what makes it so important. And that is why you must fully live it to the fullest. We hope these quotes will help you for just that