College Quotes & Motivation For Students In School

Need some inspiration and motivation for college?

Lets face it…

Going to college and prepping for the “real world” is not easy.

Dealing with grades, studying, bills, pressure from your parents, and having to answer the big question: “What should I do with my life?“, there is a lot of expectations on your plate.

Whether you are a new college student freshmen, a graduate, prepping for your finals, or in the middle of a semester still trying to get through your classes…

Here are a list of the best positive inspirational and motivational quotes for college students (with pictures and images) along with words of encouragement, positive thoughts and messages, and words of inspiration to help keep you motivated so you can get the most from your education and life.

On this page you will find quotes about:

Focus and discipline to help you study
Confidence and courage to help you prepare for a test
Hard work and determination so you do your best in school
Success, goals, and achievement to help motivate and inspire you
Living your dreams and becoming your best self in life for when you graduate
Keeping a positive mindset so you don’t let negative thinking get the best of you
Overcoming doubt and fear so you don’t give up
The importance of a college education

And more!

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COLLEGE SUCCESS QUOTES

Hustle until you no longer have to introduce yourself. – Unknown

Grind while they sleep. Learn while they party. Live like they dream. – Unknown

The path to success is to take massive, determined action. – Tony Robbins

Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it. – Unknown

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day-in and day-out. – Robert Collier

Success is what comes after you stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza

Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Unknown

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. – Eric Thomas

Your goals are the roadmaps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. – Les Brown

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. – Pele

QUOTES ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. – Benjamin Frankin

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. – Chinese proverb

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. – Andy McIntyre

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. – B. B. King

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. – Anthony J. D’Angelo

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety. – Abraham Maslow

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead. – Aristotle

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Push yourself because no one else is going to do it. – Unknown

Stop doubting yourself. Work hard and make it happen. – Unknown

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. – Les Brown

Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller

A year from now…we’ll see who was really working. – Unknown

You won’t get much done if you grind only on the days you feel good. – Unknown

Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday. – Unknown

You are the only one who can limit your greatness. – Unknown

You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest. – Unknown

Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. – Unknown

QUOTES TO HELP YOU STUDY

The way get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney

A little progress each day adds up to big results. – Unknown

It’s not about having time. It’s about making time. – Unknown

Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work. – Usain Bolt

You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined. – Unknown

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee

Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most. – Unknown

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things. – Mike Krieger

Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable. – Unknown

Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won. – Unknown

HARD WORK & DETERMINATION QUOTES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

It never gets easier. You just get better. – Jordan Hoechlin

You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for. – Unknown

Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction. – Unknown

Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.

You don’t want to look back and know you could have done better. – Unknown

The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. – Unknown

If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

Determination is doing what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like doing it. – Unknown

Not all hustle is loud. Sometimes hustle is just you, all alone, grinding, while no one hears a sound. – Unknown

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. – Jillian MIchaels

Do something now; your future self will thank you for later. – Unknown

Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead. – Unknown

You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for. – Unknown

Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday. – Unknown

Even the greatest were beginners. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Addair

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

Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time. – Unknown

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson

QUOTES TO HELP YOU TAKE A TEST

Train your mind to see the good in any situation. – Unknown

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. – Goethe

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

Don’t think about what might go wrong. Think about what might go right.

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right. – Henry Ford

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. – Richard Kline

Confidence is something you create in yourself by believing in who you are.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

Remember…you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. – Unknown

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE STUDENTS

Whatever you are, be a good one. – Abraham Lincoln

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser

The true success is the person who invented himself. – Al Goldstein

Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement Stone

Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can. – Unknown

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams – Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. – Paulo Coelho

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. – Henry David Thoreau

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world. – Dalai Lama

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