Motivational Quotes for Students

Here are some motivational quotes that might inspire you as a student to reach for greater heights. Enjoy reading them but most importantly, try to understand the meaning of each quote and reflect on how they can be made relevant to your own life. Sometime, it really does pay to set aside some time to reflect on what you have done and whether it has helped you to become a better student.

Dr. James G. Bilkey:
You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

George Bernard Shaw:
You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?”

Dexter Yager:
You will never leave where you are, until you decide where you’d rather be.

Samuel Johnson:
Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Les Brown:
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

Louis Aragon:
Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine.

Thomas Fuller, M. D.:
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Walt Disney:
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Joe Paterno:
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Eddie Robinson:
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Harold Wilkins:
The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:
The years teach much which the days never knew.

Andre Gide:
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself. “It all depends on me.”

Colin Powell:
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.

Unknown Author:
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

John Adams:
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

Author unknown:
There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

Robert Schuller:
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Joshua J. Marine:
Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Helen Keller:
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Sir Winston Churchill:
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Winston Churchill:
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Arthur Koestler:
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Will Durant:
Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you… follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony.

George E. Woodberry:
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

William Jennings Bryan:
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Ellery Channing:
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

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