Congratulations To Your Son And Proud Parents


Leaving for college is a significant milestone. It is a stepping stone to adult life even if the college student will still need a family for financial, moral and emotional support. It is a bittersweet passage for everyone involved. While the young adult headed for college may happily anticipate the freedom of being on their own among peers on a college campus, deep inside they also fear to be away from the safe and unconditionally supportive environment of their own home. On the other hand, parents and others who have played a significant role in the student’s also undergo separation crisis, worried and anxious about letting go. Here’s how you can express those sentiments. Down below, you will find the best “off to college” wishes you can send to your child that are guaranteed to get the message across!

What to Say to your Son before Sending him off to College!

What to Say to your Daughter who is going to College or University

Leaving for College Messages from Parents to Students

Inspirational Quotes to Send Your Kids Off to College

What to Say to your Son before Sending him off to College!

• After all those years of watching you grow into a beautiful young man, you finally set your path and leave us to live your own life!

• We are amazed at the brilliant and beautiful man you have become! So proud and yet so anxious to see you head off to college. Shine on!

• No matter what happens, we want you to know that we will always be your proud parents. There will still be a home waiting for you no matter how successful, famous and powerful man you become.

• All those years are picking up this lovely boy from soccer practice never made me realize that after you leave, next time I’ll come to pick you up is when you finally are a full-grown member of society!

• Listen and learn. Ask questions then question the answers. Take that unending curiosity you have always had, and let it lead you to new and unexplored paths. Enjoy the journey, son.

• Our hearts are heavy at letting you go, but we know that this is part of your destiny. You have a bright future ahead, and we will be proud of everything you accomplish.

• From a boy that could never clean his room to a young man that now has to manage an entire dorm room by himself! You have surely grown my love.

• If you’re strong enough to call yourself a man, then the college should be an easy thing to get by!

• A real man always chases after his dreams. So, whatever it is you want to become, you must do whatever it takes to reach it. Thus, the degree you will get will become an invaluable tool in your path to accomplishing your dreams!

What to Say to your Daughter who is going to College or University

• Looking at my baby-girl growing up to become such a remarkable young lady never ceases to amaze me. You have to know that I’m proud of you and I hope you achieve everything you want to in life.

• This parting is such sweet sorrow. We know you will do well where you’re headed. You have demonstrated your brand of courage and brilliance as a daughter, sister, and friend to so many who love you and look up to you. Keep up the good work!

• It has been a long journey and enjoyable from the time we brought you home from the hospital to today’s parting. You are a gift to us and to everyone whose lives you’ve touched.

• Having your feminine grace around the house made the atmosphere lovely. Now that you’re gone, the house won’t be the same!

• Now that you’re gone, your room is going to become a man cave so I can watch all the football games I missed while raising you! Have fun in college.

• I know you’re a responsible person, but if I have a favor to ask, please don’t drink as much as I did in college!

• You always were the best daughter we could have wished for. We want you to know that you made us extremely proud by going to college and that we are going to miss you more than you can imagine. So make sure you have fun and become the person you always wanted to be!

There always comes a moment when parents realize how much their child has grown. This usually comes in the form of an accomplishment, such as their baby finally leaving home to go to college. One can only imagine how proud you must be feeling right now and this probably is a moment of mixed emotions! Besides the expected happiness that overflows everyone in the family, lingers a little dose of sadness, knowing that the child you’ve put so much love and effort into raising is now not going to be part of your everyday life anymore. All these emotions are usually hard to put into words, but worry not because this is why we are here for!

Leaving for College Messages from Parents to Students

• As you head off into the next phase of your life, we ask that you remember all the lessons of kindness, compassion, and unselfishness that you have learned thus far. Take these lessons to heart, and spread them to others.

• You were always delightful as a child – curious, compassionate and so willing to learn. We trust that you will take on the world with the same drive and passion.

• Never lose sight of who you are no matter how far you may go. We will always be here for you. Congratulations on entering this new stage in your life.

• The road to success is never straight and narrow. We hope that we have prepared you for every possibility, but likely not. Nonetheless, you are brave of heart and pure in spirit, and you will succeed if you put your mind to it.

• We know that you’re excited to move on. A college is an exciting place where you will have a minimum of adult supervision, so please remember that you are now responsible for all the consequences of the decisions you make.

• Listen with wisdom and compassion as you always have as a child, and you are bound to make the right choices. We raised you to have a good heart; now share that goodness with the world.

• College is a step in your road to success. Embrace the change, and relish the experience.

• In our hearts, you will always be the little boy/girl who never stopped asking why. Continue to do this through college, and you may find the answers to life’s most pressing questions.

• No matter the time, remember that mom and dad will always be available to answer questions, to listen to your frustrations and to celebrate your successes. Call home once in a while.

• I know that leaving home can be as exciting as it can be scary. So, I want you to promise me that you will try your absolute best to make the most out of this experience and let these years be some of the most memorable of your life.

• This is an opportunity for you to spread your wings and embark on a magical journey! You will meet new friends and become surrounded by people that like the same things you do! So, make the best of it and enjoy college!

• No matter how much we call you, or Skype with you, it won’t be the same as having you close to us and amazing us with your charming personality like you always do! So make sure you come by to visit us once in a while!

• Our house is going to feel empty once you’re gone. So make sure you make us proud with your college accomplishments so that our joy fills the void of your absence!

• Now that you’re gone, movie nights are going to feel so empty without you always selecting the best film for us to watch! At least now we can watch all the videos you send us from your brand new college life!

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Inspirational Quotes to Send Your Kids Off to College

• College is the best time of your life. By David Wood.

• College is the reward for surviving high school. By Judd Apatow.

• Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way! By Dr.Suess.

• A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000. By Leonard L. Levinson.

• Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. By Max L. Forman.

• There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. By Graham Green.

• Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. By Ernest Dimnet.

• Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. By Bill Cosby.

• These are my daughters, I suppose. But where in the world did the children vanish? By Phyllis McGinley.

• Whoever said it first spoke with insight and wisdom: you don’t own children, you only borrow them. By Anne Linn.

• The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. By Frank A. Clark.

• An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. By Benjamin Franklin.

• Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation. By C. Everett Koop.

• The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. By Denis Waitley.

• Parents lend children experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious By George Santayana.

• Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. By Elizabeth Stone.

• But a wise parent humors the desire for independent action, to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease. By Elizabeth Gaskell.

• 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. By Theodore Roosevelt.

• A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad. By John Andrew Holmes.

• When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. By Mark Twain.

• The school will teach children how to read, but the environment of the home must show them what to read. The school can teach them how to think, but the home must teach them what to believe. By Charles A. Wells.

• If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. By Anne Bronte.

That was it! I hope you enjoyed and that you found a way to convert your thoughts into words so you can get the message across to that youngster now finally leaving home! This is a big step for the kid, so whatever you do try to be close to him/her and help out with the transition of emotions that are sure to come! I know this is painful for you as well, but this is the best way for your kid to become the person they always wanted to be!



Graduation is an important part of growing up. It could be graduation from high school, college or university. No matter the level, it means a lot to the child.

To a son, it is a day that propels him into maturity. It propels him to really be a man.

Congratulations to all the parents having sons graduating.
It’s a great day and a great day is incomplete without great quotes.

Below are 100 graduation quotes from parents to son. Make your son’s day with any of these quotes. Enjoy.

Graduation Messages to Son From Parents

Every Son deserves to be celebrated at the end of a successful Educational activity. As a responsible Parent that you are, here is a collection of the best Graduation Messages you can send to your lovely Son.

1. Your future Is waiting for you, go and achieve your dreams son. Congratulations, my dear son.

2. Never settle for less than the best, be the best. Happy graduation, my dear son.

3. No matter how small the difference, continue to make a difference. Your parents love and admire you. Congratulations, son.

4. Education doesn’t stop the day you graduate. It’s just the beginning. Congratulations, my dear son.

6. Shine your light no matter how thick the darkness is. You have the light. Congratulations, my dear son.

7. Keep radiating no matter, how much the world wants you to shrink it. Happy graduation, son.

8. Never let your fears consume you, overcome your fears daily. Happy graduation, dear son.

9. Never stop chasing your dreams. Don’t give up until you become fulfilled. Congratulations, dear son.

10. Your mind is a great treasure. Never underestimate and misuse it. Happy graduation, son.

11. Learn to ask the right questions. They lead to great discoveries and Inventions. Happy graduation, my dear son.

12. There are different means of being educated. Education itself is endless. Congratulations, my son.

13. Make the most out of each moment and opportunities that come your way. Happy graduation, son.

14. Always be prepared. Opportunities come unexpectedly. Happy graduation, my dear son.

16. Your grades don’t determine your future. Your attitude does. Happy graduation, my son.

17. Don’t lose yourself in trying to be the best. Instead, find the truest version of yourself and live it. Congratulations on your graduation, son.

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18. Make your path, leave a trail and always be unique. Happy graduation, my son.

19. Never let what people think, make you lose sight of who you are and where you are going. Happy graduation, my dear son.

20. Live remarkably, amazingly and transparently. Live life in a big way. Congratulations on your graduation, my son.

21. Knowledge, no matter how little, is relevant and powerful. Happy graduation, my son.

22. Always keep learning regardless of the time, place, lesson or teacher even if it seems unimportant. Happy graduation, my son. I am proud of you.

23. Always believe in yourself and your dreams. Everyone else’s opinions are just opinions. Congratulations, son.

24. I am so proud of you son. You’ve become a man today. Happy graduation, son.

25. Graduation is saying bye to one chapter and opening a new chapter in your life. Happy graduation, my dear son.

26. Graduation is finishing a phase and advancing to another phase in life. Happy graduation, my dear son.

27. Start now with the resources you have to live the future you want. Congratulations on your graduation, my dear son.

28. You can do the impossible, simply believe you can and you will. Happy graduation, my son.

29. Discover your purpose and live life with your purpose. Happy graduation, my dear son.

30. Find meaning in the things you do and do the things that are meaningful. Congratulations on this day, my son.

31. Start to do the things you love early and you will live the life you want. Happy graduation, my dear son.

32. Time is your friend and your enemy. Be wise in your use of time. Congratulations, son.

33. Live fully and truly not care. Risks are what makes the journey of life interesting. Congrats, son.

34. Water your dreams and they would grow in the future you desire. Congrats, my dear son.

35. Do the seemingly impossible to get the seemingly impossible. Congrats, son. We are proud of you.

36. Do your best in whatever you do, give your best whenever you give. Congrats, my son.

37. Give your best to life. You can only live it once. Happy graduation, son.

38. Don’t depend on others for happiness or greatness. It’s all within you. Happy graduation, my son.

39. Master your habits and emotions and you can master your future. Congratulations on your graduation, my son.

40. Enjoy whatever moments come your way in life. Marvel in them and don’t let them slip by. Happy graduation, my dear son.

41. Don’t let your work be your life. Work is merely a part of your life. Life is so much more. Happy graduation, dear son.

42. Live in the present and enjoy. The past is a lesson, the future is a blessing. Congrats, my son.

43. Overcome the enemy called resistance and you would have a life fully lived. Congrats, my dear son.

44. Do the things you are scared of even with the fear present. That’s courage. Happy graduation, son.

45. Break the rules. Life is for living not for being or plainly existing. Make your life interesting. Happy graduation, my dear son.

46. Be spontaneous and not monotonous, only then can you enjoy the blessing called life. Happy graduation, my son.

47. Keep learning on the way even as you begin earning. Congrats, my dear son.

48. Congratulations. As you graduate remember you are in competition with no one but yourself. Happy graduation, champ. I am proud of you.

49. Congratulations, I am so proud of you. You’ve achieved and made it. Happy graduation, son.

50. Congrats on being a graduate. You are living proof of what dedication and commitment do. I am proud of you. Happy graduation, my dear son.

51. Concentrate on the present and harness it’s full potential. Happy graduation, my dear son.

52. Don’t miss out on life. You can only live once. Happy graduation, dear son.

53. Always be prepared and hungry for change and seize every opportunity that comes your way. Congrats, son.

54. Use your imagination, it’s the key to your future. Congrats, my dear son.

55. Live today like it will be your last day and learn like you are just starting. Congratulations, my dear son.

56. You are all you’ve got. Give life your, all. Congratulations on your graduation, dear son.

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58. Embrace your failure because they are lessons on how not to repeat the mistakes made. Happy graduation, my son.

59. Make your dreams your reality, don’t leave them on the wall. Happy graduation, son.

60. Be yourself to the fullest, don’t settle for being a counterfeit. Congrats, my dear son.

61. Be the person you want to be, not who the world expects you to be. Happy graduation, dear son.

62. Make an impact on the world, don’t just let the world impact you. Congrats, son.

63. Follow your heart and intuition, it would take you to the direction you are to follow. Congratulations on your graduation, my dear son.

64. You are responsible for your future. Ditch the excuses and live your life. Congrats, dear son.

65. Don’t be a failure at life by default but by lack of result. Happy graduation, son.

66. Success on the outside is not achieved until we can succeed on the inside. Congrats, son.

67. You have finished your dress rehearsal now is the time to seize the stage. Happy graduation, dear son.

68. For every choice you make, decide to do good and be good. Happy graduation, my dear son.

69. Live your life in such a way that you have lessons and not regrets. Congrats, my dear son.

71. Enjoy every moment- the times of failure and of success. Congrats, son.

72. Do what your fears tell you, you can’t do and you will truly live. Congrats, my dear son.

73. Stay motivated to achieve every day. Happy graduation, son. I am proud of you.

74. There is never a right time. The best time is now. Happy graduation, dear son.

75. The day you stop learning and growing is the day you die. Happy graduation, my son.

76. Son, don’t spend your life doing what you hate, spend it doing what you love. Congrats, my dear son.

77. Don’t become who people think you are, become who you really are. Happy graduation, son.

78. Education means nothing without an active imagination. Congrats, my dear son.

79. Be pregnant with dreams and deliver them. Happy graduation, son.

80. Draw the map of your future and follow it. Congrats, my dear son.

81. Graduation is an ending and also the beginning of a phase in one’s life. Congratulations on your graduation, son.

82. The things that are of value never come easily. They come through hard work. Happy graduation son.

83. You can never run out of creativity. Keep being creative. Congratulations on your graduation, my son.

84. Memorable things are not done through planning but by seizing the day and making it count. Happy graduation, my dear son.

85. Don’t let the fear of failure cripple you and limit your journey in life. Congrats, son.

86. Do the impossible, then ask if it’s possible. Congrats, dear son.

87. As you graduate, value the true friendships you’ve made. They go a long way. Happy graduation, my son.

88. Move on whenever you fail, don’t let it cripple you. Happy graduation, my son.

89. Don’t get too comfortable with living that you forget how to live. Happy graduation, my son.

90. Don’t worry about what the future holds, enjoy the present. Congrats, son.

91. Change your situation and be the best in whatever situation you may find yourself. Congrats, my son.

92. Never get to the point that you are overwhelmed by change. Instead, learn to embrace change. Happy graduation, son.

93. Your grade points don’t determine your class or place in life. Your actions do that. Happy graduation, my son.

94. Define what success means to you and be successful. Congrats, my son.

95. Only you have to determine the true meaning of a word to you. No one else can do that for you. Happy graduation, my son.

96. You are important no matter how seemingly irrelevant you may think you are. Always remember that. Happy graduation, my dear son.

97. Little thing have the greatest meanings and big things have lesser meaning. Happy graduation, my dear son.

98. You are more than you think you are. Believe that and the sky is your starting point. Happy graduation, my dear son.

99. Who you were doesn’t determine who you are and who you are doesn’t determine who you would become. Happy graduation, son.

100. Congratulations, you have made me proud this day. Spread your wings and fly. Happy graduation, my dear son.



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