As college students, we all know that finals week is a synonym for hell week. It is the week we all dread, the one that our tears fall into our Ben & Jerry’s pints while we wear the comfiest, most unattractive clothes we own. However, this tremendous anxiety and pain also happens at another point during the semester, midterms week. In case you are drowning in studying and well, stuDYING, here are 10 quotes to keep you going:

1. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – T. Roosevelt

2. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali

3. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

4. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible.” – Audrey Hepburn

5. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

6. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” –Confucius

7. “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates

8. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “She believed she could so she did.” – R.S. Grey

10. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

So when you become way too overwhelmed during midterms week, reflect back on these quotes and take a deep breath. After all, midterms only last a week. Save all that stress for finals.