It is no secret that college is hard. You can study for an exam for a full week and still not get an A. It happens and it's rough. As midterms are currently underway for college students, stress levels remain sky-high. When that stress creeps up on you and all you want to do is take a nap instead of study, check out these 16 inspirational quotes. You can make it through. I promise.

1. "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right."
-Henry Ford

2. "Our weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas A. Edison

3. "We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."
- Marie Curie

4. "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."
- Vincent Van Gogh

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

6. "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."
- Earl Nightingale

7. "Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world."
- Nelson Mandel

8. "Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. If they can do it, so can you."
- John Green

9. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
- Dr. Suess

10. "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a branch new ending."
- Carl Bard

11. "The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think."
- Albert Einstein

12. "College is something you complete. Life is something you experience. So don't worry about your grade, or the results or success. Success is defined in myriad ways, and you will find it, and people will no longer be grading you, but it will come from your own internal sense of decency."
- Jon Stewart

13. "Working hard is important, but there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself."
- Harry Potter

14. "Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of the nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep down in there. Every step of the way."
- Andrew Shue

And finally...

15. "You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."
- E.O. Wilson