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30 Inspirational Quotes All College Students Should Read

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30 Inspirational Quotes All College Students Should Read
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1. "So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up." - Stephen Hawking

2. "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become." - Steve Jobs

3. "Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone pretends to love." - Emma Watson

4. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn

5. "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not people or objects." - Albert Einstein

6. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

7. "If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely." - Ronald Dahl

8. "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt

9. "The future depends on what we do in the present." - Mahatma Gandhi

10. "Expectation is the root of all heartache." - William Shakespeare

11. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

12. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost

13. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." - Oscar Wilde

14. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” - Helen Keller

15. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - H. Jackson Brown

16. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” - John F. Kennedy

17. “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” - Mother Theresa

18. “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

19. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” - J.K. Rowling

20. “The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.” - Elie Wiesel

21. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” -Harriet Tubman

22. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” - Babe Ruth

23. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

24. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” - Oprah Winfrey

25. "Power's not given to you. You have to take it." - Beyonce

26. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

27. “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” - Marilyn Monroe

28. "Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

29. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” - Dr. Seuss

30. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

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