For many college students, making college work for us is about more than just going to class everyday and managing our homework. To me, it also means dealing with the stress of school while juggling home as well as work responsibilities. It means finding yourself and your passions, and preparing yourself to go off in the big and scary "real world." Obviously, college can be a difficult thing to handle. Managing and scheduling time for studying, homework, working, extra-curricular activities, and spending time with family can be tiring and requires motivations. So, having to get a little nudge(or maybe even a big push) can help out a lot. Like i mentioned, college can be difficult to handle, but we have to keep going.

Here are quotes that are helping me get through my second semester as a college freshman:

1. "Believe you can and you're halfway there."

– Theodore Roosevelt

Once you believe you can do it, all you have to do is do it. We are already halfway there, so keep moving forward.

2. "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

– Eleanor Roosevelt

If your completely stumped one day, take a break. You'll feel a lot better later.

3. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

– Dr. Seuss

This quote really helps in the friend department. Always be yourself and those who don't mind are the friends who truly matter.

4. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."

–Ambrose Redmoon

Don't let fear get in the way. To show real courage is to know what is important to you and going after it, despite any fears you have.

5. “Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.”

– Unknown

Sometimes, certain things are suppose to happen to make us better. If it appears as if everything is going horribly wrong, take that situation and make something good out of it

6. "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid."

– Albert Einstein

No one is good at everything, or every subject. Don't let your weaknesses define you.