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26 Quotes To Get You Through The Semester

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26 Quotes To Get You Through The Semester

It's about that time of the year again. The textbooks have been bought, the alarms have been set, and the coffee has been poured in preparation for the new semester ahead of us. With a new school year comes an entirely new set of successes and failures, and when you think you think you've hit rock bottom, here are a few quotes to help you keep going:


The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

"Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation." –Robert H. Schuller

"If it's both terrifying and amazing, then you should definitely pursue it." Erada

With a new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

"Go home tonight and ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it." - Sheryl Sandburg

"Wisdom begins with wonder." -Socrates

"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castenda

"Ask yourself this question: Will this matter a year from now?" -Richard Carlson

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." – Albert Einstein

"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." – Rumi

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer will always be no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." – Nora Roberts

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” – John D. Rockefeller

"You can do anything, but not everything." –David Allen

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered." - Dr. Seuss

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” – Captain Jack Sparrow

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking." -Steve Jobs

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." -Oscar Wilde

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." -Karim Seddiki

"If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave." - Mo Willems

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You're awake. You're awesome. Live like it." -Kid President

"She believed she could, so she did." - Unknown

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh


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