Midterms may be over, but the end of the semester is approaching faster than you think and the workload won't be slowing down any time soon. If you're feeling burnt out, just sit back, relax and read through these quotes and you'll be feeling deeply refocused and newly ambitious in no time.

1. "When obstacles arise you change your direction to reach your goal, you don't change your decision to get there." -Zig Zagler

2. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -Abraham Lincoln

3. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" -Nelson Mandela

4. "The more things that you read, the more things that you know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." -Dr. Seuss

5. "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, some don't turn up at all." -Sam Ewing

6. "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -A League Of Their Own

7. "Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point." -Harold B. Melchart

8. "The more I learn, the more excited I get." -Johnny Cash

9. "Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be." -Elizabeth Gilbert

10. "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." -Tim Notke

11. "The future belongs to those who prepare for it"- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

12. "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." -Salvador Dali

13. "Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe." -Oprah Winfrey

14. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." -Steve Jobs

15. "Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."- Julia Child

16. "Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential." -Winston Churchill