It’s that time of year again where the forecast for the next few weeks is just exam after exam after exam. It’s super stressful when your daily schedule consists of waking up, studying, studying a little more, eating, studying, cram studying, and then sleeping that night (maybe). I know that when it’s exam season for me, I need little pick me ups to keep me going. The following 21 quotes usually remind me that it’s a bad day, not a bad life:

1. “It’s easier to go down a hill than up it, but the view is much better at the top” –Henry Ward Beecher

2. “All our dreams can from true, if we have the courage to pursue them” –Walt Disney

3. “It’s how you work” –Tom Dolce (my high school track coach)

4. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

5. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” –Milton Berle

6. “Fall down seven times, get up eight” –Unknown

7. “To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like” –Mike Gafka

8. “Anything I learned was just hard work, just keep working and don’t worry about the outside stuff. Whatever happens will happen” –Jimmy Fallon

9. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” –Michael Jordan

10. “If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress” –Barack Obama

11. “Life is like a math problem—hard to solve, but not impossible” –David Fisher (my 12^th grade calculus teacher)

12. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom” George S. Patton

13. “’You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take’ –Wayne Gretzky” –Michael Scott

14. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better” –Jim Rohn

15. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality” –Malala Yousafzai

16. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try” –Jack Canfield

17. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s learning to dance in the rain” –Vivian Greene

18. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you” -Jim Rohn

19. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there” –Theodore Roosevelt

20. “We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained” –Marie Curie

And last but not least:

21. “It’s a bad day, not a bad life” –Alexa Annotti (one of my best friends)