50 Inspirational Quotes for Students to Stay Motivated

May 1, 2025

50 Inspirational Quotes for Students

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." — Robert Collier
"The future depends on what you do today." — Mahatma Gandhi
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." — Sam Levenson
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." — Beverly Sills
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." — Theodore Roosevelt

"It always seems impossible until it’s done." — Nelson Mandela
"Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations." — Zig Ziglar
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." — Japanese Proverb
"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." — Zig Ziglar
"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow." — Robert Tew

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." — B.B. King
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill
"Learning never exhausts the mind." — Leonardo da Vinci
"Mistakes are proof that you are trying." — Jennifer Lim

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — A.A. Milne
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead." — Nora Ephron
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." — William James
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." — Henry David Thoreau

"Dream big and dare to fail." — Norman Vaughan
"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there." — Bo Jackson
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." — Norman Vincent Peale
"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." — Peter Marshall
"A goal without a plan is just a wish." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." — Benjamin Franklin
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." — Robert F. Kennedy
"Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you." — Unknown
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." — Jim Rohn
"Work hard in silence, let success make the noise." — Frank Ocean

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you." — Walt Whitman
"A positive attitude will lead to positive outcomes." — Unknown
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." — Helen Keller
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama
"Positive anything is better than negative nothing." — Elbert Hubbard

"Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’" — Mary Anne Radmacher
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." — Wayne Gretzky
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." — Arthur Ashe
"Great things never come from comfort zones." — Neil Strauss
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." — Mark Twain

"Tough times never last, but tough people do." — Robert H. Schuller
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." — Confucius
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." — Zig Ziglar
"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on but you keep going anyway." — Unknown
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." — George S. Patton

"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you." — Oprah Winfrey
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." — Malcolm Forbes
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." — Pablo Picasso
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." — Dolly Parton
"Chase your dreams, but always know the road that will lead you home again." — Tim McGraw