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25 Motivational Quotes To Get You Through The Semester

Sometimes you need some motivational quotes from past leaders or even unknown individuals to get you through a long day or week!

Lauren Clark

Feb 16, 2016

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25 Motivational Quotes To Get You Through The Semester

Spring semester can be the hardest time to find motivation for school work. Between Spring Break and summer quickly approaching, school can be the last thing you want to focus on. Sure, fall semester has several breaks as well, but Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks are based around holidays, while Spring Break and Summer are breaks purely for your own enjoyment and for a much needed break from classes.

Spring semester can be the hardest time to find any motivation to complete any work. Between enjoying Spring Break and waiting for summer to come, school can be the last thing you want to focus on. Fall semester also includes breaks, but they're often set with predetermined holiday plans with family and friends.

Here are 25 motivational quotes from past presidential leaders, entrepreneurs, CEO's, poets, Chinese proverbs, and even unknown individuals to help you get through the semester and motivate you to be the best student you can be!

1. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude” -Maya Angelou

2. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent Van Gogh

3. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” -Wayne Dyer

4. “Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.” -Alfred A. Montapert

5. “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy – I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” -Art Williams

6. “TALK – ACTION = S**T.” -Unknown

7. “Dig the well before you are thirsty.” -Chinese proverb

8. "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." -Steve Jobs

9. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." -Abraham Lincoln

10. “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” -Carl Jung

11. “Life is not so important as the duties of life.” -John Randolph

12. “Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.” -Thomas Jefferson

13. “It’s not necessarily about what career you pick. It’s about how you do what you do.” -Cory Doctorow

14. “He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” -Chinese Proverb

15. "Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." -Steve Jobs

16. "Whatever you are, be a good one." -Abraham Lincoln

17. "If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything." -Tom Rath

18. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” -Henry Ford

19. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it.” -Charles Swindoll

20. “Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda

21. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” -Dalai Lama

22. “Nothing will work unless you do.” -Maya Angelou

23. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

24. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein

25. “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

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