50 Best Inspiring Motivational Quotes For Students

1. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

John Wooden

2. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

John Maxwell

3. “Strive for progress, not perfection.”

Unknown

4. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

Beverly Sills

5. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”

Henry Ford

6. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

Thomas A. Edison

7. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

George Lorimer

8. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

Unknown

9. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

Unknown

10. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Unknown

11. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe

12. “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”

John D. Rockefeller

13. “Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.”

Unknown

14. “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

C.S. Lewis

15. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

Robert Collier

16. “Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

Jim Rohn

17. “I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.”

Unknown

18. “There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes.”

John Maxwell

19. “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”

Unknown

20. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

Unknown

21. “The expert in everything was once a beginner.”

Unknown

22. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

Albert Einstein

23. “Some people dream of accomplishing great things. Others stay awake and make it happen.”

Unknown

24. “There is no substitute for hard work.”

Thomas Edison

25. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”

Unknown

26. “You don’t always get what you wish for; you get what you work for.”

Unknown

27. “It’s not about how bad you want it. It’s about how hard you’re willing to work for it.”

Unknown

28. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

Vidal Sassoon

29. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”

Zig Ziglar

30. “If people only knew how hard I’ve worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”

Michelangelo

31. “If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”

Unknown

32. “Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

Joshua J. Marine

33. “Life has two rules: 1) Never quit. 2) Always remember Rule #1.”

Unknown

34. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Michael Jordan

35. “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits the bottom.”

Patton

36. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

Winston Churchill

37. “Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.”

Unknown

38. “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”

Victor Hugo

39. “You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”

Ed Cole

40. “The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping-stone is how high you raise your foot.”

Unknown

41. “The pain you feel today is the strength you will feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.”

Unknown

42. “It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it.”

Unknown

43. “The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them.”

Mark Twain

44. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

Malcolm X

45. “Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself.”

Chinese proverb

46. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”

B.B. King

47. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

B.B. King

48. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited.”

Plutarch

49. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”

Zig Ziglar

50. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

Andy McIntyre