35+ Positive Quotes for Students that Will Inspire and Motivate Them


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Education shapes our minds and fuels our aspirations, providing us with the tools to navigate life's challenges. The pursuit of knowledge is filled with enriching opportunities and moments that test our resilience. Whether you're facing exams, tackling new subjects, or striving for personal growth, a bit of motivation can make all the difference. Here, we've gathered a collection of inspiring quotes for students to keep you motivated and eager on your journey of learning and discovery.

Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.  APJ Abdul Kalam

Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.

APJ Abdul Kalam

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

Thomas A. Edison

Never give up hope. Situations can change overnight, problems can dissolve in the light of a new day's sun.

Leon Brown

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Each page you turn in your textbook is a step closer to your dreams.

The journey of learning is where you discover your true strength.

Your curiosity today will light the path for your achievements tomorrow.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas A. Edison

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson

Embrace every lesson, for they are the building blocks of your future.

Hard work and passion are the keys to unlocking your potential.

Let your determination be the fuel that drives your success.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.  Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

You are capable of more than you know.

Benjamin Spock

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

Small efforts, consistently made, lead to remarkable achievements.

Believe in the power of your dreams and the effort you put into them.

The seeds of knowledge you plant today will bloom into your success.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Lao Tzu

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

Sam Levenson

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

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

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Steve Jobs

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

Zig Ziglar

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Helen Keller

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.

Wayne Gretzky

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.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.

A.A. Milne

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

Helen Hayes

Persist through the challenges; they are the tests that shape your greatness.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.

Maya Angelou

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

Elon Musk

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Mark Twain

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

Oscar Wilde

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.  Maya Angelou

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Maya Angelou

The past has no power over the present moment.

Eckhart Tolle

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Leonardo da Vinci

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

Jacob Bronowski - The Ascent of Man

It is essential that the student acquire an understanding of and a lively feeling for values. He must acquire a vivid sense of the beautiful and of the morally good.

Albert Einstein

Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.

Stephen Fry

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Mark Zuckerberg

Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.

Dwayne Johnson

Your time is limited, do not waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Do not let the noise of others’ opinions drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Steve Jobs

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