With finals approaching and stress levels at an all-time high, the future can seem a bit daunting. Sometimes all we need is to take a couple of minutes to regroup and to get our heads on straight. Enjoy this list of ten quotes that will give you perspective, even if it is only for a few minutes.

1. “So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” - Lee Iacocca

2. “Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of 'not knowing.'” -Mark Z. Danielewski

3. “Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.” - Anna Quindlen

4. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret.” -Earl Nightingale

5. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” -John Pierpont Morgan

6. “If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford

7. “Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.” –Oprah Winfrey

8. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” – Herbert B. Swope

9.“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” –Joshua J. Marine

10. "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." -Frank Zappa