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20 Motivational Quotes for Students
It seems like motivational quotes are everywhere. People post them as their Facebook status; they鈥檙e being repinned like crazy on Pinterest; teachers hang them on bulletin boards; they鈥檙e even on bumper stickers and inside fortune cookies.
Sometimes, even the simplest motivational quotes strike a chord and serve as a reminder that things aren鈥檛 as bad as they may seem, or that success really is possible with hard work. Quotes from famous philosophers, authors, entrepreneurs, entertainers and even average Joes can become your personal mantra.
Top Motivational Quotes for Students
It would be nothing short of impossible to include them all, but here is a compilation of 20 of the best motivational quotes for students. Read on 鈥� chances are, at least one of them will stick with you!
1. 鈥淓very student can learn. Just not on the same day or in the same way.鈥� —George Evans
2. 鈥淧eople learn something every day, and a lot of times it鈥檚 that what they learned the day before was wrong.鈥� 鈥揃ill Vaughan
3. 鈥淚f you can dream it, you can do it.鈥� 鈥揥alt Disney
4. 鈥淓ducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.鈥� 鈥揗alcom X
5. 鈥淟earning never exhausts the mind.鈥� 鈥揕eonardo da Vinci
6. 鈥淓ducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.鈥� 鈥揥illiam Butler Yeats
7. 鈥淪ome people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.鈥� 鈥揜obert Newton Anthony
8. 鈥淚 don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.鈥� 鈥擝ill Cosby
9. 鈥淪et your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.鈥� 鈥揃o Jackson
10. 鈥淎ct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.鈥� 鈥揥illiam James
11. 鈥淭he only real failure in life is one not learned from.鈥� 鈥揂nthony J. D’Angelo
12. 鈥淭rue, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.鈥� 鈥揂bigail Van Buren
13. 鈥淒ream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.鈥� 鈥揓oy Page
14. 鈥淲hether you think you can, or you think you can’t鈥攜ou’re right.鈥� 鈥揌enry Ford
15. 鈥淏egin to be now what you will be hereafter.鈥� 鈥揥illiam James
16. 鈥淓ducation is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.鈥� 鈥揋eorge Washington Carver
17. 鈥淏e a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.鈥� 鈥揝teve Jobs
18. 鈥淓ven if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.鈥� 鈥揤ictor Kiam
19. 鈥淎ll life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.鈥� 鈥揜alph Waldo Emerson
20. 鈥淓ducation is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.鈥� 鈥揜obert Frost
Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the University of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.