Get a sense that your students need some extra motivation to get through the term? You’ve come to just the right place! As educators, we understand that when the days get longer, the homework feels never-ending, and the curriculum grows unintriguing, our students need to be inspired to pick themselves up and continue learning! Allow us to help you do just that by perusing through our quality collection of 169 inspirational quotes!
1. “The future of the world is in my classroom today.” – Ivan Welton Fitzwater
2. “Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.” – Robert John Meehan
3. “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Unknown
4. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
5. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
6. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver
7. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor
8. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
9. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
10. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
11. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
12. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
13. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
14. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
15. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
16. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
17. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
18. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
19. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
20. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
21. “Be the reason someone smiles today.” – Unknown
22. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
23. “Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
24. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss
25. “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa
26. “Life is like a camera. Focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot.” – Unknown
27. “It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.” – Carlton Fisk
28. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale
29. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
30. “You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination.” – Jimmy Dean
31. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
32. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
33. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
34. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
35. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor
36. “There is no failure, only feedback.” – Robert Allen
37. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward
38. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
39. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert
40. “In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins
41. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
42. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
43. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
44. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
45. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
46. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
47. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman
48. “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen
49. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney
50. “In books, I have traveled, not only to other worlds but into my own.” – Anna Quindlen
51. “A good book is an event in my life.” – Stendhal
52. “One must always be careful of books, and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” – Cassandra Clare
53. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
54. “Books are a way to escape reality and indulge in a world of imagination.” – Unknown
55. “The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.” – Alan Bennett
56. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
57. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
58. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV
59. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
60. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
61. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
62. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
63. “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth
64. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
65. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
66. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
67. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
68. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
69. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
70. “To find yourself, first learn about yourself.” – A.C. Benson
71. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser
72. “Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.” – Ivern Ball
73. “Challenges are what make life interesting, overcoming them is what makes it meaningful.” – Joshua Marine
74. “Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do.” – Brian Tracy
75. “Life is a journey, and your milestones are your achievements.” – Idowu Koyenikan
76. “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” – George Evans
77. “Take pride in how far you’ve come and have faith in how far you can go.” – Christian Larson
78. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
79. “Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try.” – John F. Kennedy
80. “Dream as if you’ll live forever, learn as if you’ll die tomorrow.” – Mahatma Gandhi
81. “Education breeds confidence; confidence breeds hope; hope breeds peace.” – Confucius
82. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
83. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
84. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
85. “Eyes on the stars, feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
86. “Learn as though you will never know enough; live as though you have just begun.” – Native Proverb
87. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Ginni Rometty
88. “Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again.” – KT Witten
89. “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb
90. “The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Swati Sharma
91. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
92. “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller
93. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself.” – Jordan Belfort
94. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
95. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
96. “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
97. “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown
98. “Educate the mind and the heart will follow.” – Jess Lair
99. “Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” – Nora Ephron
100. “The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never fell.” – Unknown
101. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
102. “Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” – Shakuntala Devi
103. “Every challenge faced in life is an opportunity for growth.” – Unknown
104. “Greatness is not achieved by never falling but by rising each time we fall.” – Confucius
105. “Your future is as bright as the effort you put into your education.” – Unknown
106. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
107. “There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
108. “When one teaches, two learn.” – Robert Heinlein
109. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
110. “The world is a classroom – every day is a new lesson.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
111. “Embrace challenges, seek out experiences, and learn continually.” – Unknown
112. “The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use.” – George A. Dorsey
113. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
114. “Learning is a gift, even when pain is the teacher.” – Maya Watson
115. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
116. “Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
117. “Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” – Chinese Proverb
118. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.” – Charles F. Kettering
119. “You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.” – Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
120. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
121. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa
122. “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life.” – Roy T. Bennett
123. “The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown
124. “Education is the movement from darkness to light.” – Allan Bloom
125. “Knowledge is love, light, and vision.” – Helen Keller
126. “To teach is to touch a life forever.” – Unknown
127. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein
128. “Today’s preparation determines tomorrow’s achievement.” – Unknown
129. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren
130. “Dream, struggle, create, prevail. Be daring. Be brave. Be loving. Be compassionate. Be strong. Be brilliant. Be beautiful.” – Caterina Fake
131. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg
132. “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha
133. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
134. “The true teacher defends his students against his own personal influence.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
135. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser
136. “The best dreams happen when you’re awake.” – Cherie Gilderbloom
137. “Take risks. If you succeed, you’ll be happy. If you fail, you’ll be wiser.” – Unknown
138. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass
139. “The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.” – Marianne Williamson
140. “Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.” – Aristotle
141. “Each day provides its own gifts.” – Marcus Aurelius
142. “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes
143. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
144. “To live is to learn, and to learn is to live.” – Holli Kenley
145. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
146. “The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.” – Robert Kiyosaki
147. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
148. “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
149. “To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.” – Kahlil Gibran
150. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
151. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
152. “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan
153. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
154. “He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever.” – Chinese Proverb
155. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
156. “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown
157. “The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover.” – Jean Piaget
158. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao-Tzu
159. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Jennifer Lee
160. “The best way to learn is to teach.” – Frank Oppenheimer
161. “The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau
162. “Believe in the beauty of your dreams, and your dreams will create beauty.” – Unknown
163. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison
164. “To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” – Chinese Proverb
165. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar
166. “Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.” – Tchaikovsky
167. “When you educate a man, you educate an individual. When you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” – African Proverb
168. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.” – Helen Keller
169. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” – Brian Herbert
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