Ready to get your classroom pumped for the day? Instead of struggling to find the right words, check out these motivational quotes for students. We put together this list that’s perfect for sharing with kids. You can even use these motivational quotes in your own journal or vision board. These motivational quotes are great for when your students need a little boost.
Motivational Quotes by Scientists, Inventors, and Innovators
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. —Albert Einstein
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There is no substitute for hard work. —Thomas Edison
![Thomas Edison quote There is no substitute for hard work. —Thomas Edison](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/46-800x800.jpg)
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. —Henry Ford
![Henry Ford quote Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. —Henry Ford](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/47-800x800.jpg)
Motivational Quotes by Authors, Writers, and Philosophers
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. —Margaret Fuller
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. —Maya Angelou
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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. —Maya Angelou
![Maya Angelou quote Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. —Maya Angelou](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/62-800x800.jpg)
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. —Maya Angelou
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. —Unknown
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-19 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-19-800x800.jpg)
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. —Howard Zinn
![Howard Zinn quote Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. —Howard Zinn](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/20-1-800x800.jpg)
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. —William Butler Yeats
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You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. —Martin Luther King Jr.
![Martin Luther King, Jr. quote You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. —Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/31-800x800.jpg)
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. —Martin Luther King Jr.
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Procrastination is the thief of time. —Edward Young
![Edward Young quote Procrastination is the thief of time. —Edward Young](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/32-800x800.jpg)
Youth is the time to study wisdom; the old age, that of practicing it. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
![Jean Jacques Rousseau quote Youth is the time to study wisdom; the old age, that of practicing it. —Jean Jacques Rousseau](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/53-800x800.jpg)
If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done. —Norman Vincent Peale
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Change your thoughts and you will change your world. —Norman Vincent Peale
![Norman Vincent Peale quote Change your thoughts and you will change your world. —Norman Vincent Peale, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/51-800x800.jpg)
Motivational Quotes by Athletes and Other Sports Figures
Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game. —Babe Ruth
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. —Gail Devers
![Gail Devers quote Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. —Gail Devers](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/13-4-800x800.jpg)
Set tough goals and do not stop until you get there. —Bo Jackson
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. —Arthur Ashe
![Arthur Ashe quote Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. —Arthur Ashe](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/36-800x800.jpg)
Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. —Jim Rohn
![Jim Rohn quote Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. —Jim Rohn, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/45-800x800.jpg)
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. —Norman Vincent Peale
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-44 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. —Norman Vincent Peale](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-44-800x800.jpg)
Motivational Quotes by Leaders, Activists, and Politicians
The best way to predict your future is to create it. —Unknown
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-3 The best way to predict your future is to create it. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-3-800x800.jpg)
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. —Frederick Douglass
![Frederick Douglass quote Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. —Frederick Douglass](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/7-5-800x800.jpg)
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. —Marcus Garvey
![Marcus Garvey quote If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. —Marcus Garvey](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/21-1-800x800.jpg)
True education is about getting the best out of oneself. —Unknown
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-52 True education is about getting the best out of oneself. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-52-800x800.jpg)
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. —Mahatma Gandhi
![In a gentle way, you can shake the world. —Mahatma Gandhi In a gentle way, you can shake the world. —Mahatma Gandhi](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/92-8-800x800.jpg)
It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela
![Nelson Mandela quote It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/58-800x800.jpg)
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. —Thomas Jefferson
![Thomas Jefferson quote I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. —Thomas Jefferson, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/35-800x800.jpg)
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. —John D. Rockefeller
![John D. Rockefeller quote The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. —John D. Rockefeller](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/28-1-800x800.jpg)
Motivational Quotes by Experts in Various Fields
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. —Zig Ziglar
![What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. —Zig Ziglar What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. —Zig Ziglar](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/93-8-800x800.jpg)
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. —Jennifer Dukes Lee
![Jennifer Dukes Lee quote In a world where you can be anything, be kind. —Jennifer Dukes Lee](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/4-5-800x800.jpg)
None of us is as smart as all of us. —Ken Blanchard
![Ken Blanchard quote None of us is as smart as all of us. —Ken Blanchard](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/5-6-800x800.jpg)
There is always time to make right what is wrong. —Susan Griffin
![Susan Griffin quote There is always time to make right what is wrong. —Susan Griffin, as an example of motivational quotes for students](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/6-6-800x800.jpg)
A winner is just a loser who tried one more time. —George Augustus Moore
![George Augustus Moore quote A winner is just a loser who tried one more time. —George Augustus Moore](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/8-3-800x800.jpg)
Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it. —Marva Collins
![Marva Collins quote Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it. —Marva Collins, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/9-3-800x800.jpg)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. —Joseph Addison
![Joseph Addison quote Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. —Joseph Addison](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/11-3-800x800.jpg)
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. —Walt Disney
![Walt Disney quote The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. —Walt Disney](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/14-3-800x800.jpg)
Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself. —Chinese Proverb
![Chinese Proverb Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself.—Chinese Proverb](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/16-2-800x800.jpg)
There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. —Zig Ziglar
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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. —Vince Lombardi
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-18 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. —Vince Lombardi](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-18-800x800.jpg)
Be a student as long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life. —Henry L. Doherty
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All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. —Michael John Bobak
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Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. —Joshua J. Marine
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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. —Walter Elliott
![Walter Elliott quote Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. —Walter Elliott, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/25-800x800.jpg)
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. —John C. Maxwell
![John C. Maxwell quote The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. —John C. Maxwell](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/26-800x800.jpg)
Action is the foundational key to all success. —Pablo Picasso
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Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing. —William Arthur Ward
![William Arthur Ward quote Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing. —William Arthur Ward- motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/33-800x800.jpg)
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. —Michael Jordan
![Michael Jordan quote I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. —Michael Jordan](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/37-800x800.jpg)
I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. —Chinese Proverb
![Chinese Proverb I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. - Chinese proverb](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/38-800x800.jpg)
The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus. —Bruce Lee
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Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder. —Mason Cooley
![Mason Cooley quote Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder. —Mason Cooley, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/40-800x800.jpg)
Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose. —Oprah
![Oprah quote Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose. —Oprah](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/41-800x800.jpg)
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. —Sir Edmund Hillary
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You don’t drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there. —Ed Cole
![Ed Cole quote You don’t drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there. —Ed Cole, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/48-800x800.jpg)
When the student is ready, the master appears. —Buddhist Proverb
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A book is like a garden that can be carried in your pocket. —Chinese Proverb
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Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. —Swedish Proverb
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The expert in anything was once a beginner. —Helen Hayes
![Helen Hayes quote The expert in anything was once a beginner. —Helen Hayes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/55-800x800.jpg)
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. —Zig Ziglar
![Zig Ziglar quote There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. —Zig Ziglar, motivational quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/56-800x800.jpg)
The road to success is always under construction. —Lily Tomlin
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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. —Sydney J. Harris
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Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. —Stephen Hawking
![Stephen Hawking quote Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. —Stephen Hawking](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/60-800x800.jpg)
You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re still thinking about yesterday. —Charles F. Kettering
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Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. —Karim Seddiki
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You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. —A.A. Milne
![A.A. Milne quote You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. —A.A. Milne](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/64-800x800.jpg)
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. —Henry David Thoreau
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleanor Roosevelt
![Eleanor Roosevelt quote The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleanor Roosevelt](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/66-800x800.jpg)
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. —Plutarch
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Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. —John Wooden
![John Wooden quote Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. —John Wooden](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/68-800x800.jpg)
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. —Anonymous
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-153 A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. —Anonymous](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-153-800x800.jpg)
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. —Albert Einstein
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Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude. —Ralph Marston
![Ralph Marston quote Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude. —Ralph Marston, as an example of motivational quotes for students](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/71-800x800.jpg)
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. —Minor Myers Jr.
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Rule no.1 is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule no. 2 is, it’s all small stuff. —Robert Eliot
![Robert Eliot quote Rule no.1 is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule no. 2 is, it’s all small stuff. —Robert Eliot](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/73-800x800.jpg)
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. —Aristotle
![Aristotle quote Quality is not an act, it is a habit. —Aristotle](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/74-800x800.jpg)
What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you. —Ralph Sockman
![Ralph Sockman quote What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you. —Ralph Sockman, as an example of motivational quotes for students](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/75-1-800x800.jpg)
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. —Unknown
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. —Jim Ryun
![Jim Ryun quote Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. —Jim Ryun](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/77-800x800.jpg)
The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them. —Unknown
![Student-Motivational-Quotes-78 The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-78-800x800.jpg)
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. —B.B. King
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Learning is never done without errors and defeat. —Vladimir Lenin
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You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. —Zig Ziglar
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Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. —B.B. King
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. —Beverly Sills
![80+ Motivational Quotes for Students of All Ages There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Student-Motivational-Quotes-80_v2-800x800.jpg)
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated. —R. Collier
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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. —Chinese Proverb
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A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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He who opens a school door closes a prison. —Victor Hugo
![Victor Hugo quote He who opens a school door closes a prison. —Victor Hugo](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/87-800x800.jpg)
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. —Andy McIntyre
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The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. —Michael Altshuler
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Embrace the glorious mess that you are. —Elizabeth Gilbert
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. —Walt Whitman
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Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight, and off you go. —Nicole Kidman
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When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. —Carol Burnett
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is nothing impossible to they who will try. —Alexander the Great
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You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. —Oprah Winfrey
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. —Les Brown
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For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. —Michelle Obama
![For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. —Michelle Obama For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end. —Michelle Obama](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/103-5-800x800.jpg)
Spread love everywhere you go. —Mother Teresa
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Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on. —Lady Gaga
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You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens. —Mandy Hale
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Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” —Audrey Hepburn
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Belief creates the actual fact. —William James
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Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied. —Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
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I’m not going to continue knocking on that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that. —Ava DuVernay
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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance. —Morgan Freeman
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Not having the best situation but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness. —Marie Forleo
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. —Aristotle
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there. —Theodore Roosevelt
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. —Earl Nightingale
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I tell myself, “You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.” —Serena Williams
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If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. —Roald Dahl
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. —Joseph Campbell
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No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. —John Keating in Dead Poets Society
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. —Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world. Let the world catch up to you. —Beyoncé
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Nobody built like you, you designed yourself. —Jay-Z
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. —Albert Einstein
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I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion. —Pink
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Our lives are stories in which we write, direct, and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures. —Joelle Speranza
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When it comes to luck, you make your own. —Bruce Springsteen
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The only journey is the one within. —Rainer Maria Rilke
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I’ve noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I’m grateful in the end. —Colleen Hoover
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We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. —Dr. Henry Link
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. —Rosa Parks
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We are not our best intentions. We are what we do. —Amy Dickinson
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How wild it was, to let it be. —Cheryl Strayed
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I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving. —Tina Turner
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You have to be where you are to get where you need to go. —Amy Poehler
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I’m realizing how much I’ve diminished my own power. I’m not doing that no more. —Alicia Keys
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. —Toni Morrison
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You do not find the happy life. You make it. —Camilla Eyring Kimball
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You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. —Deepak Chopra
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It’s not what happens to us that sets us apart. It’s the decisions that we make, it’s the choices that we make, the way we decide to lead our lives—that is what defines what we truly are. —Elizabeth Smart
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A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. —Madonna
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Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. —Selena Gomez
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Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. —Eckhart Tolle
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We have to let go of who we think we should be and embrace what is. —Achea Redd
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We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We’ve gotta listen more and talk less. We’ve gotta know that this is everybody’s responsibility. —Megan Rapinoe
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. —Sir Francis Bacon
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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more. —Aretha Franklin
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The power of imagination makes us infinite. —John Muir
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Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. —Helen Keller
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If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it. —Muhammad Ali
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If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! —Dolly Parton
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