The best graduation speeches of all time focus on the importance of overcoming fear and striving despite failure. Because that’s what our lives are all about. Fear, failure, and the human spirit’s capacity to overcome both. 

The Sash Company has a long history with graduations. We have been creating custom graduation sashes for 20 years and with that in mind, we scoured the internet to find the best graduation speeches about fear and failure, and we cherry-picked the best advice for graduates we could find. 

Already wondering how to write a college application essay? Wow, time flies. Your first day of Freshman year probably felt like a lifetime ago. And now, you’re writing an application essay and finally moving on to the next incredible phase of your life: College. 

On behalf of everyone at The Sash Company, we want to wish you the absolute best of luck in your next chapter. And we wish you even more luck to get through the final stretch of high school. 

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many graduations have either gone virtual or have been postponed or canceled yet again this year.

Lots of students want graduation pictures but either don’t want to work in close proximity to a stranger or can’t afford professional pictures to commemorate this rare moment of achievement in their lives.