Freshman year can be really tough on everyone, and it is easy to get down on yourself while you are swamped in work and midterm week is approaching. I know that I, personally, need to hear a few inspirational quotes every once and a while so here are the BEST ones.

1. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers

2. You can't calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.

- Timber Hawkeye

3. You have enough. You do enough. You are enough. Relax.

- Unknown

4. Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.

- Robert Tew

5. Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

- Les Brown

6. A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.

- Christopher Germer

7. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

- Oprah Winfrey

8. It's a good thing to feel like you have something to prove.

- Lauren Conrad

9. I'm thankful for all of those that who said no to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.

- Albert Einstein

10. When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

- DJ Khaled