15 Inspirational Quotes to Get You Through the Week | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Entertainment

15 Inspirational Quotes to Get You Through the Week

We all have good days and bad days...sometimes we just need an extra push to get us through the bad ones.

343
15 Inspirational Quotes to Get You Through the Week
firstdescents

For many college students, we are heading towards our very last week of classes for spring semester and then enduring the dreaded finals week. It's a tough time for basically everyone, so here are some inspirational quotes to hopefully brighten up your week:

1. "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

2. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -Martin Luther King Jr.

3. "Tough times never last, but tough people do." -Robert H. Schuller

4. "Many of life's failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Edison

5. "And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about." -Haruki Murakami

6. "No one is here to hand me success. I must go out and get it myself. That's why I'm here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself." -Unknown

7. "Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." -Earl Nightingale

8. "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you. They are supposed to help you discover who you are." -Bernice Johnson Reagan

9. "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices- today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but to embrace it" -Kevyn Aucoin

10. "You know more than you think. Trust yourself." -Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock

11. "Don't worry about failures. Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try." -Jack Canfield

12. "All great changes are preceded by chaos." -Deepak Chopra

13. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau

14. "Feel the fear and do it anyway." -Susan Jeffers

15. "Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us." -Nicole Reed

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

These powerful lyrics remind us how much good is inside each of us and that sometimes we are too blinded by our imperfections to see the other side of the coin, to see all of that good.

568998
Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

The song was sent to me late in the middle of the night. I was still awake enough to plug in my headphones and listen to it immediately. I always did this when my best friend sent me songs, never wasting a moment. She had sent a message with this one too, telling me it reminded her so much of both of us and what we have each been through in the past couple of months.

Keep Reading...Show less
Zodiac wheel with signs and symbols surrounding a central sun against a starry sky.

What's your sign? It's one of the first questions some of us are asked when approached by someone in a bar, at a party or even when having lunch with some of our friends. Astrology, for centuries, has been one of the largest phenomenons out there. There's a reason why many magazines and newspapers have a horoscope page, and there's also a reason why almost every bookstore or library has a section dedicated completely to astrology. Many of us could just be curious about why some of us act differently than others and whom we will get along with best, and others may just want to see if their sign does, in fact, match their personality.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

20 Song Lyrics To Put A Spring Into Your Instagram Captions

"On an island in the sun, We'll be playing and having fun"

456166
Person in front of neon musical instruments; glowing red and white lights.
Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Whenever I post a picture to Instagram, it takes me so long to come up with a caption. I want to be funny, clever, cute and direct all at the same time. It can be frustrating! So I just look for some online. I really like to find a song lyric that goes with my picture, I just feel like it gives the picture a certain vibe.

Here's a list of song lyrics that can go with any picture you want to post!

Keep Reading...Show less
Chalk drawing of scales weighing "good" and "bad" on a blackboard.
WP content

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others.

We are all born to do something great. Whether that be to grow up and become a doctor and save the lives of thousands of people, run a marathon, win the Noble Peace Prize, or be the greatest mother or father for your own future children one day. Regardless, we are all born with a purpose. But in between birth and death lies a path that life paves for us; a path that we must fill with something that gives our lives meaning.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments