Whether you’re looking to boost morale for the upcoming exam season or simply uplift classroom spirit on a day-to-day basis, you’ve come to the right place! Our collection of 94 motivational quotes is perfect for students who need an extra boost! Thanks to the diverse nature of quotes from world leaders like Theodore Roosevelt and inventors like Henry Ford to artists such as Pablo Picasso and poets, activists, and singers like Maya Angelo, our cluster is sure to spark inspiration in all areas of life!
1. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
2. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
3. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
4. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
5. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
6. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
7. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
8. “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa
9. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
10. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
11. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
13. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
14. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
15. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
16. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
17. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
18. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
19. “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this.” – Chantal Sutherland
20. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
21. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
22. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
23. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
24. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” – George Herbert
25. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Marilyn Monroe
26. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
27. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
28. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison
29. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
30. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
31. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
32. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
33. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
34. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
35. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
36. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle
37. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
38. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
39. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
40. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
41. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
42. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
43. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
44. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
45. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
46. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
47. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
48. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
49. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
50. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
51. “If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.” – Anonymous
52. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
53. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
54. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” – Seth Godin
55. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
56. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
57. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
58. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
59. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
60. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
61. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
62. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
63. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” – Audrey Hepburn
64. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
65. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
66. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
67. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
68. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player
69. “The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
70. “Don’t count the days; make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
71. “You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you, and strive to be the best, however hard the path.” – E.O. Wilson
72. “You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi
73. “You become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey
74. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
75. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
76. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
77. “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
78. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
79. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
80. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
81. “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
82. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
83. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill
84. “Success is not about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama
85. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser
86. “Your life only gets better when you get better.” – Brian Tracy
87. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
88. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
89. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
90. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
91. “Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
92. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
93. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
94. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
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