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10 Motivational Quotes To Keep You Motivated

Life can be hard, don't let a bad attitude make it harder.

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10 Motivational Quotes To Keep You Motivated
Catt Liu

Life can be overwhelming at times, especially when you are in college and are trying to balance school, work, extra curricular activities, your health, social life and all the other responsibilities unique to you.

Though we all have different ways of dealing with the pressures of life, here are 10 motivational quotes that may reshape your thinking, help you gain some motivation or remind you the importance of not giving up.

1. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” –Stephen C Hogan

2. “Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat.”

3. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” –Oprah Winfrey

4. “Let them sleep while you grind. Let them party while you work. The difference will show.”

5. “Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.”

6. "You are only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with. So be brave enough to let go of those who keep weighing you down."

7. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” –Joseph Chilton Pearce

8. “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can."

9. “Make yourself proud.” –Peter W. Smith

10. “Just do it. Even if you suck at it.”

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