If you listen closely enough, you can hear the collective sobbing and screaming of students everywhere that can only mean one thing: it’s finals season. Every student has their own survival kit for hell week, which includes (but is not limited to) the following: lots of snacks, plenty of hair ties and hats (because who has time to shower when you’re studying?), and Google Docs.
It’s important to keep your physical body in good shape during finals, of course. But let’s not forget: our motivations are just as important. We need friends to keep rooting us on, and maybe a few more to yell at us when we think we’re ready to give up.
Or maybe you don’t have friends -- I know I don’t. Don’t worry if you’re in the same boat as I am, because I have 20 people who are here to keep you going during finals week!
1. “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” — Ron Swanson
2. “If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard, but if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.” — T. Harv Eker
3. “Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.” — Anonymous
4. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” — Bruce Lee
5. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
6. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas A. Edison
7. “Who cares if I’m pretty if I fail my finals?” — Rory Gilmore
8. “Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.” — Alexander Pope
9. “Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” — Stephanie Bennett-Henry
10. “Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” — Yoda
11. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” — Albert Einstein
12. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” — Napoleon Hill
13. “I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that’s easier said than done, but keep trying.” — Beyoncé
15. “Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapons.” — Malala Yousafzai
16. “Hey Leslie, it's Leslie. Hang in there. I love you. Bye.” — Leslie Knope
17. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln
14. “Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly.” — Betty White
18. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
19. “My current situation is not my final destination. The best is yet to come.” — Anonymous
20. “JUST DO IT.” — Shia LaBeouf
