It’s midterm season. Cue the violins and play some of Beethoven’s Fifth. We’re all basically a trip up the stairs or a broken nail away from a mental breakdown, to say the very least. College. Is. Hard. Balancing your social life, your health, your studies, your work, your leadership opportunities, your extracurriculars, and everything else in between is a lot. Not to mention the whole “figure out what you want to do with the next eighty years of your life when you’re still just a kid” thing. I often find myself questioning can I do it? Why do I do it? Why do I put myself through all this stress? The answer isn’t simple, but I find consulting quotes a comforting way to ease my anxieties.

1. “Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.” -Denzel Washington

2. “One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.” - Unknown

3. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” -Jim Rohn

4. “Everything is figure-out-able.” -Marie Forleo

5. “You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine.” -Flip Wilson

6. “God Promises to make something good out of the storms that bring devastation to your life.” -Romans 8:28

7. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” -Fred DeVito

8. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” -Michael Jordan

9. “You’ve survived 100% of everything in your life so far, so there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll survive whatever is next.” -Timber Hawkeye

10. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” -Tony Robbins

11. “If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to rise.” -Rupi Kaur