It's officially the worst time of the semester. It's the point when, for whatever ungodly reason, all of your professors secretly get together and figure out the most torturous way to test their students. All of a sudden, you realize you have four exams in four days, and a group project and presentation thrown into the mix. No matter what classes you take, what year you are, or how studious you may be, midterms always get the best us. But have no fear, you will push through and come out alive at the other end.

1. Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

2. One step at a time, one foot in front of the other. I'm gonna get through this, one way or another.

3. "Be patient and persistent. Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you over come." -- Robin Roberts

4. Worrying will never change the outcome.

5. "Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear." -- Steve Maraboli

6. "It always seems impossible until it's done." -- Nelson Mandela

7. "You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." -- Michael Jordan

8. The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.

9. "Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with joyful confidence." -- George Eliot

10. Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try.

11. The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have gotten.

12. Think about how far you've come today and how much further you'll go tomorrow.

13. "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." -- Arthur Ashe

14. "All great achievements require time." -- Maya Angelou

15. "With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable." -- Thomas Foxwell Buxton