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18 Inspirational Quotes To Start Your 2018 Right

Motivate yourself to the next level

Maggie Rosenblatt

Jan 01, 2018

Fordham University

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18 Inspirational Quotes To Start Your 2018 Right

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As many of you probably already know by now, I am going abroad next semester. Woo! There are a lot of things I hope to do and learn on this trip, one of them is becoming more adventurous. These are some of the quotes I'll be using to keep myself on track and encouraged over the next year.

1. Great things don't come from comfort zones.

-Roy T. Bennett

2. Don't fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today.

-Unknown

3. Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.

- Frank Ocean

4. You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

- C.G. Jung

5. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

-John C. Maxwell

6. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

-James Keller

7. Say yes, you'll figure it out after.

-Tina Fey

8. Every day may not be good... but there is something good in every day.

- Alice Morse Earle

9. Don't be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let your life surprise you.

-Unknown

10. If it doesn't open...it's not your door.

-Unknow

11. When you focus on problems, you'ss have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.

-Zig Ziglar

12. Work to become, not to acquire.

-Elbert Hubbard

13. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

-Art Williams

14. It's better to know and be disappointed than to never know and always wonder.

-Michael S. McKinney

15. A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it's built for.

-Albert Einstein

16. Be the girl who decided to go for it.

-Unknown

17. You get what you work for, not what you wish for.

-Howard A. Tullman

18. You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

-Unknown

Happy New Years! Let's make this year our best one yet and start it off with our best foot forward.

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18 Inspirational Quotes To Start Your 2018 Right

Motivate yourself to the next level

1. Great things don't come from comfort zones.

2. Don't fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today.

3. Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.

4. You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

5. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

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7. Say yes, you'll figure it out after.

8. Every day may not be good... but there is something good in every day.

9. Don't be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let your life surprise you.

10. If it doesn't open...it's not your door.

11. When you focus on problems, you'ss have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.

12. Work to become, not to acquire.

13. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

14. It's better to know and be disappointed than to never know and always wonder.

15. A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it's built for.

16. Be the girl who decided to go for it.

17. You get what you work for, not what you wish for.

18. You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

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