We're at that point in the semester where the papers and exams seem endless. I know you feel like giving up, so here are some motivational quotes to remind you that you can get through this.
1. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose."
"Oh the Places You'll Go"
2. "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Louisa May Alcott
3. "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
A.A. Milne, "The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"
4. "Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better."
Walt Disney
5. "And the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling."
Shanti
6. "To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."
7. "Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will...but then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all."
John Green, "Paper Towns"
8. "Light is always more beautiful when it has to fight to be noticed, like sunlight fighting through the clouds after a rainstorm."
Nick Miller, "Isn't it Pretty to Think So?"
9. "It is impossible to live without falling at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
J.K. Rowling, "Very Good Lives"
10. "The most important thing in life is to stop saying, 'I wish' And start saying, 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities."
David Copperfield
11. "Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
L.M. Montgomery, "Anne of Green Gables"
12. "If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take."
Lewis Carol, "Alice in Wonderland"
13. "We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are."
Max DePree
14. "Don't forget you're human, it's OK to have a meltdown, just don't unpack and live there. Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed."
15. "Sometimes life knocks you on your ass. Get up, get up! Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them."
Steve Marabol
16. "I hope you know you're capable and brave and significant. Even when it feels like you're not."
Anonymous
17. "'Why the f*ck not me?' should be your motto."
Mindy Kaling
