For some reason, this semester has seemed to have lasted a lifetime. With Thanksgiving and Christmas break nearing, we (or at least me), can’t keep our minds off the mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, and holiday festivities that we have longed for since the moment the syllabus was passed out. I myself, have found my attitude and demeanor growing colder as the seasons change. As much as I would love to skip my 8:30 A.M class, if I’m going to be the next Mindy Kaling, I need to find some inspiration…and quick. Lucky for me, (and I guess you now) I am a proud inspirational quote enthusiast. Over the years I have made Pinterest board after Pinterest bored of quotes, and have been coined by my friends, as the “motivational” one. If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me to text them a list of inspirational quotes, I would be able to buy the Pinterest corporation itself. I figured, instead of texting everyone I know, it would be easier to compile a list of approximately 2 quotes a day till thanksgiving break (45 to be exact). So, before you slice the turkey, and deck the halls, cure those pre-holiday blues with a few good old fashioned inspirational quotes.

1. "The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it, there is nothing purer than that." -Rupi Kaur

2. "When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you." -Patrick Stump

3. "Normality is a paved road; It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow." - Vincent Van Gogh

4. "In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety." -Abraham Maslow

5. " It always seems impossible until it is done." -Nelson Mandela

6. "I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."- Edna Mode, 'The Incredibles'

7. "What's difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because their heart was closed. That is hard. But that is also how we grow. We go through those circumstances in order to evolve into people who can hold to our loving center no matter what the world throws us." - Marianne Williamson

8. "In order to love who you are; you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you." - Andrea Dykstra

9. "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." - Ronald Reagan

10. "You are perfectly cast in your life. I can't imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play." -Lin Manuel Miranda

11. "I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things." -Amy Poehler

12. "Everyone said to Vincent Van Gogh, 'you can't be a great painter, you only have one ear,' and you know what he said? 'I can't hear you." -Michael Scott, 'The Office'

13. "I know for sure, what we dwell on is who we become." -Oprah Winfrey

14. "There is no excess of goodness. You cannot go too far, in the right direction." -C.S. Lewis

15. "Self- worth is so vital to your happiness, if you don't feel good about YOU, it's hard to feel good about anything else." -Mandy Hale

16. "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill

17. "I love the idea that everyone has a gift to give. And I believe that the world is waiting for us to give it to them." -Elle Luna

18. "You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love." -Jim Carrey

19. "A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless, and brave, and someone with humility." -Beyoncé

20. "You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones your holding." -Cheryl Strayed

21. "There's something in you that the world needs." -Unknown

22. "In this life, people will love you and people will hate you and none of that will have anything to do with you." -Abraham Hicks

23. "Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself." -Amy Poehler

24. "There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do." -Amy Poehler

25. "For what it's worth: It's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

26. "Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it." -C. Joybell

27. "Watch carefully, the magic that occurs, when you give a person, just enough comfort, to be themselves. -Atticus

28. "A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do." -Lisa Kleypas

29. "I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times." -Nora Ephron

29. "In moments of doubt, I've told myself firmly: If not me, who? If not now, when?" -Emma Watson

30. "We get so worried about being 'pretty,' let's be pretty kind, pretty funny, pretty smart, pretty strong." -Unknown

31. "Kindness is a language the blind can see, and the deaf can hear." -Mark Twain

32. "Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle." -Jon Acuff

33. "We must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy." Albus Dumbledore, 'Harry Potter'

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

35. "So do it. Decide. Is this the life, you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? Kinder? More Compassionate? Decide. Breathe in. Breathe out. And decide." -Meredith Grey, 'Grey's Anatomy'

36. "If you can dance & be free and not be embarrassed, you can rule the world." -Amy Poehler.

37 "Confidence is not 'they will like me.' Confidence is 'I'll be fine if they don't.'" -Unknown

38. "You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself." -'The Wizard of Oz'

39. "It's time to stop pretending that you're this average person. You've got big work to do, BIG." -Tiffany Han

40. "Be an encourager, the world has plenty of critics already." -Dave Willis

41. "If you haven't, found it yet, keep looking." -Steve Jobs

42. "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemingway

43. "The temptation to quit, will be greatest just before you are about to succeed." -Chinese Proverb

44. "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." -Louis L'Amour

45. "You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." -Tina Fey