25 Motivational Quotes For College Students

Feeling lost, stuck, or unmotivated during your college experience? We've been there.

​​Here's a list of famous quotes from prominent names throughout history to guide you through stressful times. Don't forget to keep pushing forward; if they could do it, so can you!​​

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ​-Eleanor Roosevelt​

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. ​-Florence Nightingale​

The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. ​-Swati Sharma​

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ​-Helen Keller​

I don't believe you have to better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. ​-Ken Venturi​

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ​-Tony Robbins​

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ​-Mark Twain​

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. ​-Theodore Roosevelt​

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ​-Benjamin Franklin​

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ​-William Blake​

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ​-Wayne Dyer​

Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most. ​-Abraham Lincoln​

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. ​-Pauline Kael​

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it. ​-Diane Sawyer​

Perseverance is falling 19 times and succeeding the 20th. ​-Julie Andrews​

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. ​-Thomas Paine​

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ​-Harriet Beecher Stowe​

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. ​-Malala Yousafzai​

Many are called but few get up. ​-Oliver Herford​

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ​-Nelson Mandela​

Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. ​-Winston S. Churchill​

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. ​-Walt Whitman​