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25 Inspirational Quotes College Students Need to Hear

The college life is no joke. We all need a little motivation sometimes.

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25 Inspirational Quotes College Students Need to Hear
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As college students, there are days that just get us down. Between our jobs, schoolwork and social life, sometimes life seems like too much to handle. We want to do it all and do it well, but struggle to find time to do so. We are too young to have it all figured out, yet are expected to know exactly what to do and how to do it. Don't worry, you are not the only one feeling this way. Sometimes, just a small bit of motivation can get us through the most difficult of times. So here are 25 quotes all of you college students out there need to hear:

1. "Never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

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

3. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates

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

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

6. "Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson

7. "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Rohn

8. "You don't have to see the whole staircase... just take the first step." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

10. "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

11. "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X

12. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

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

14. "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." - David Bly

15. "Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder." - Mason Cooley

16. "We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be." - Native American Proverb

17. "In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality... I say keep dreaming and make reality." - Kristian Kan

18. "If you never change your mind, why have one?" - Edward de Bono

19. "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." - Richard Bach

20. "Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan." - Margaret Thatcher

21. "Procrastination is opportunity's assassin." - Victor Kiam

22. "The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead." - Marjorie Pay Hinckley

23. "Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight." - Gordon B. Hinckley

24. "Slow down and enjoy yourself a little more, dont be so serious. Life is not a race." - Christiane Lemieux

25. "The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." - Eleanor Roosevelt

College isn't easy. But then again, what rewarding thing in life is? However, hopefully reading through each of these has shown you that you are not alone. You will make it through, and you will do it well!

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