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15 Motivational Quotes To Get You Through The First Week Of School

Happy first week of school!

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15 Motivational Quotes To Get You Through The First Week Of School
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School starts this week, which means one of two things: you are either extremely prepared and have been for weeks, or you don't want to think about walking into a classroom. If you're the latter I have 15 motivation quotes to help you get through that first week.

1. "Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities, seize common occasions and make them great." - Orison Scott Marden

2. "You can't always please everybody, but you can do what makes you happy and just hope that those around you will be happy for you." - Robert Tew

3. Change can be scary, but you know what's scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving and progressing." - Mandy Hale

4. "Don't become too preoccupied with what is happening around you, pay more attention to what is going on within you." - Mary-Frances Winters

5. "We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castenada

6. "Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve." - J.K Rowling

7. "Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do." - Oprah Winfrey

8. "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." - Mulan

9. "Of this be sure: you do not find the happy life... you make it." - Thomas S. Monson

10. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into place." - Lucille Ball

11. "Without rain nothing grows, learn to embrace the storms of your life." - Expanded Consciousness

12. "If it's both terrifying and amazing then you should definitely pursue it." - Erada Svetlana

13. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

14. “To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

15. "Don't let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow. So just do it." - Shia LaBeouf

Have a great first week!

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