Finals: The Death of Me
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Finals: The Death of Me

Inspiration for the week of torture.

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The dreaded week of finals is quickly approaching college students around the world. With this week of torture comes: sleepless nights, lots of coffee, stress, and a few tears. Many days you will get up and want to go right back to bed. However, Christmas break is just around the corner and these final few weeks will all be over soon.

Now, I know I am only a freshman in her first semester of college, but my goal is not to give you advice to help you ace your finals, it is to give you a little bit of positive energy to conquer your finals.

For those that need a little inspiration, here are 10 uplifting and positive quotes to help you through finals week.

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

2. "Things turn out best for the people that make the best of the way things turn out." -John Wooden

3. "You cannot change the outer event, so you must change the inner experience." -Neal Donald Walsch

4. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -Thomas Jefferson

6. "You've got what it takes, but it will take everything you've got." -Unknown

7. "Don't aim for perfection, aim for success." -Eike Batista

8. "Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners." -Robert T. Kiyosaki

9."Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." -William Durant

10. "This too shall pass." -Persian Poem

Finals are always dreaded and feared, but go in with a positive mindset, study your material, and do not be afraid to ask questions. You will rock these finals.

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