The start of the New Year is the perfect time to think about some of the goals you want to achieve in the coming year. We all make resolutions but one of the most effective ways of making them a reality is to set small, achievable goals. Start by identifying the large-scale goals you want to achieve and break them down into smaller, measurable goals to commit to. Students in particular can set goals and get inspired by motivational quotes.
By having smaller, achievable goals, you can measure your success along the way and have better success in reaching the ultimate goal you’re striving for. Here are 41 motivational quotes for students to further inspire you to succeed and make this the best year ever!
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I hope you enjoy these motivational quotes for students…
1) “Don’t wait for the stars to align, reach up, and rearrange them the way you want. Create your own constellation.” – Pharrell Williams
2) “Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.” – Chinese Proverb
3) “365 new days, 365 new chances.” – Unknown
4) “That feeling of hope that hits you as you stand upon the precipice of a new year, cling to it, hold it tight, and know it can find you, again and again, each and every midnight.” – Jessica Katoff
5) “Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning.” – Unknown
6) “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
7) “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain
8) “There is always time to make right what is wrong.” – Susan Griffin
9) “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Motivational Quotes for Students by Vince Lombardi
10) “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.” – Vince Lombardi
11) “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
12) “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
13) “Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That’s the classic entrepreneur.” – Mohnish Pabrai
14) “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
15) “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
16) “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
17) “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
18) “I think it’s possible to ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” – Elon Musk
Motivational Quotes for Students by Steve Jobs
19) “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs
20) “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
21) “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
22) “Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Wishing is not enough; We must do.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
23) “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” – Unknown
24) “Learning is never done without errors and defeat.” – Vladimir Lenin
25) “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
26) “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited.” – Plutarch
27) “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
28) “Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
29) “Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
Wise Words by Albert Einstein
30) “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
31) “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
32) “Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.” – Mason Cooley
33) “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – R Collier
34) “Teachers open the door, but you must enter it yourself.” – Chinese proverb
35) “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
36) “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Stills
37) “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
38) “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
39) “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
Quotes by Zig Ziglar
40) “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
41) “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
Please share these motivational quotes for students to inspire your friends and family.
