At the beginning of each semester students start off strong, determined to do anything and everything to make straight A's in your classes, promising to do your homework, read the assigned chapters and stay ahead of the game. As the days in the semester go by, the motivation slowly starts to decrease.
Midterms come and go and ,for the spring semester, once spring break hits everyone is checked out. Your teachers pile on the homework and assignments for the last half of the semester and you think to yourself, “There is no way I can make it out alive.”
With each passing day you are that much closer to vacation but one more uphill battle stands in your way, finals week. The two most dreaded words in any college student’s vocabulary. Finals week is the biggest struggle any student faces. You want to be done and checked out but you have to stay focused and study. The perfect motivated student you were just a few short months ago is long gone.
Usually, you are depending on your final to make or break your overall grade in the class, and for a select few perfect students the final doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. For anyone struggling to find reasons to not drop out of college and move to the beach, here are 12 motivational and inspirational quotes to hopefully get you through the remaining days of your semester.
1. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
2. “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” –Author Unknown
3. “Believe in yourself and al that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” Christian D. Larson
4. “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” C.S. Lewis
5. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Dr. Wayne Dyer
6. “When it rains, look for rainbows. When it’s dark, look for stars.” Author Unknown
7. “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” Buddha
8. “The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.” Louise Hay
9. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
10. “When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
11. “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” Christopher Reeve
So, there you have it. Now grab your books, hit the library and study so you can conquer your finals and enjoy your summer vacation until summer classes start because in college there is no such thing as a two-month vacation.
