Finals week is upon us and we’re either sleep-deprived, spending 24 hours a day in the library or avoiding all work whatsoever and thinking, “It will be OK?” It’s that time to become overly caffeinated and go through multiple mental breakdowns. But hold back those tears for another five minutes and reignite your spark by reading these inspirational quotes. You can do it.
“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” – Madeleine L’Engle
“Life has a funny way of working out just when you start to believe it never will.”
“YOLO.” –Drake
“Hello fear, thank you for being here, you’re my indication that I’m doing what I need to do.” –Cheryl Strayed
“Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take –Wayne Gretzy” Michael Scott
“It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. It’s not what you see, it’s how you look at it. It’s not how your life is, it’s how you live it.”
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”
“Keep putting out good. It will come back to you tenfold in unexpected ways.”
"Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole lifetime; time takes time.” – Johanna de Silentio
“Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“Shake it off.” –Taylor Swift
“Nothing will ruin your 20’s more than thinking you should have your life together already.”
So hopefully these quotes have inspired you to take a moment, breathe, and go kick some a$$ because you got this. College is hard. Life takes unimaginable turns, but if you work hard and keep positive the rewards are worth it. It’s finals week, buy that third cup of coffee, bring a blanket to the library and treat yourself to some Chipotle after it’s all over. But, in the meantime, though, keep refreshed with these motivational quotes.
And if none of these are doing it for you, just remember…
“C’s get degrees.” – someone very important
