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High School Yearbook Quotes: 20 Inspirational Sayings, From Katy Perry To Dumbledore

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High school graduation is one of life's biggest milestones, and whether it's sentimental, inspirational or just plain funny, a yearbook quote can be the perfect way to sum up your high school experience and let your loved ones know how much they've impacted your teenage years. Finding the perfect one-liner can also a be a little intimidating, so we've put together a list of a few of our favorite inspirational quotes from celebs, songs, books, and movies get the creative juices flowing. Okay, we'll admit some of them are a tad corny, but come graduation, we guarantee you and your friends will be welling up long before you get to the last quote.

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30 Inspirational Yearbook Quotes
Augustus Waters(01 of29)
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"You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot imagine yet." -- Augustus Waters, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (credit:Dutton)
Gabby Douglas(02 of29)
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“You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous!” -- Gabby Douglas (credit:Getty Images)
Mindy Kaling(03 of29)
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"What I’ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it’s so wonderfully fair."-- Mindy Kaling (credit:Getty Images)
Fun. (04 of29)
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"TonightWe are youngSo let’s set the world on fireWe can burn brighter than the sun." -- Fun., "We Are Young" (credit:Getty Images)
Steve Jobs(05 of29)
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"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." -- Steve Jobs (credit:Getty)
Justin Bieber(06 of29)
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“There’s gonna be times in your life when people say you can’t do something. And there’s gonna be times in your life when people say that you can’t live your dreams. This is what I tell them: Never say never!” -- Justin Bieber, “Never Say Never” (credit:AP)
Charlie, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (07 of29)
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"We are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.” -- Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (credit:Scholastic)
Albus Dumbledore(08 of29)
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"It is important to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting."--- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Taylor Swift(09 of29)
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"No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind."-- Taylor Swift (credit:AP)
Miley Cyrus(10 of29)
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"The struggles I'm facingThe chances I'm takingSometimes might knock me downBut no, I'm not breaking."-- "The Climb" (credit:Getty)
The Beatles(11 of29)
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"There are places I rememberAll my life, though some have changedSome forever not for betterSome have gone and some remain" -- "In My Life" (credit:Getty)
Ellen DeGeneres(12 of29)
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"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 (credit:Getty Images)
Katy Perry (13 of29)
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"Baby you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go 'Oh, oh, oh!'As you shoot across the sky"-- "Firework" (credit:Getty)
Ferris Bueller(14 of29)
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in awhile you could miss it." -- Ferris Bueller, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (credit:Paramount Pictures)
John Lennon(15 of29)
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"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." (credit:AP)
Emma Stone(16 of29)
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"You’re only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake."-- Emma Stone (credit:Getty Images)
Green Day(17 of29)
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"For what it's worth it was worth all the whileIt's something unpredictable but in the end it's rightI hope you had the time of your life."-- "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" (credit:Getty)
Demi Lovato(18 of29)
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"Go on and try to tear me downI will be rising from the groundLike a skyscraper, like a skyscraper."-- "Skyscraper" (credit:WireImage)
President Barack Obama(19 of29)
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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."-- President Barack Obama (credit:AP)
Kelly Clarkson(20 of29)
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"What doesn't kill you makes you strongerStand a little tallerDoesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone." -- "Stronger" (credit:Getty)
Tina Fey(21 of29)
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"Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” -- Tina Fey (credit:Getty Images)
Jay-Z (22 of29)
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"Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself."-- "A Dream" (credit:Getty)
Katniss Everdeen(23 of29)
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"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun." -- Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (credit:Getty)
Conan O'Brien(24 of29)
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"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." -- Conan O'Brien (credit:Getty Images)
Drake(25 of29)
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"Smile and let everyone know that today you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday." (credit:Getty Images)
J.R.R. Tolkien(26 of29)
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"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."-- Gandalf, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (credit:Flickr:Gwydion M. Williams)
Audrey Hepburn(27 of29)
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"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!'" (credit:Alamy)
Oprah Winfrey(28 of29)
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"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."-- Oprah Winfrey (credit:AP)
Amy Poehler(29 of29)
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"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.'" -- Amy Poehler (credit:AP)
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