Do you sometimes struggle with a lack of motivation?
You’re supposed to be studying for next week’s test. But instead you end up texting your friends, watching YouTube videos, or playing games.
After procrastinating for an hour or more, you finally get to work.
But you just don’t feel that motivated.
Sound familiar?
Developing long-term motivation is a complicated issue.
But you can stay motivated in the short term by reading inspirational quotes.
So I’ve compiled this list of 40 powerful quotes to help you study hard for your upcoming test or exam.
The quotes are listed below according to the following categories:
- Believing in yourself
- Cultivating a success mindset
- Overcoming procrastination
- Hard work
- Not making excuses
- Perseverance
Believing in yourself
1. Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
2. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
3. It always seems impossible until it’s done.
4. Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
Cultivating a success mindset
5. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe
6. Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. – John Maxwell
7. The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. – John D. Rockefeller
8. Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.
9. Strive for progress, not perfection.
10. I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson
11. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier
12. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn
13. I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.
14. There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes. – John Maxwell
Overcoming procrastination
15. The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
16. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
17. The expert in everything was once a beginner.
Hard work
18. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – Beverly Sills
19. Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
20. Some people dream of accomplishing great things. Others stay awake and make it happen.
21. There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas Edison
22. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little “extra.”
23. You don’t always get what you wish for; you get what you work for.
24. It’s not about how bad you want it. It’s about how hard you’re willing to work for it.
25. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
26. There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. – Zig Ziglar
27. If people only knew how hard I’ve worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. – Michelangelo
Not making excuses
28. If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.
29. Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Perseverance
30. Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine
31. Life has two rules: 1) Never quit. 2) Always remember Rule #1.
32. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
33. I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits the bottom. – George S. Patton
34. If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
35. Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.
36. Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. – Henry Ford
37. You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. – Ed Cole
38. The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping-stone is how high you raise your foot.
39. The pain you feel today is the strength you will feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
40. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it.
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Hi Daniel, thanks for the inspirational quotes. I’m going to share it with my son.
Hi Roland, you are welcome. I hope your son likes them!
Thank you very much itwas very inspiring
Hi Daniel….nice quotes…thanks so much
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Indeed, very inspirational, Daniel
Glad that you think so, Jeremy 🙂
Thank you Daniel. Funny … how we know and yet not till reminded again. Appreciate the very inspiring and helpful sharing. I’ll share it with my son and friends. God bless. Shalom!
You’re welcome, Lynn. I hope that your son and friends like the quotes! God bless you too.
So inspirational, thanks!! ??
Glad you like the quotes!
Hi Daniel
Thank you very much for the inspirational quotes. Will share them with my students.
Hi Helen, you’re welcome. I hope they find the quotes motivational!
Thanks Daniel’ for the inspirational quotes. I will definetly share with my friends and Stephen my son.
You’re welcome, Kevin!
Thanks a lot, Daniel! This encouraged me to focus on becoming a better person and aiming for progress than perfection. Plus, it’s right on time for my multiple midterms this week!
That’s great to hear, David. All the best for your midterms!
Thank you so much for sharing these powerful quotes. I can use these with my students.
You are most welcome. I hope they help your students!
I still have 2 weeks preparation for the exam, but I gain more motivation from some quotes! Thanks for sharing this to me 🙂
All the best for your exams!
Fantastic quotes
Thanks Daniel
Just what I needed
Now I’m getting back into my study
Cheers
Daniel, I thank you for being there when no one else is. You picked me up when I was down, you’re my hero greetings to the fam.
Thanks Daniel for the quotes. The are indeed worth practicing.
Hey your words are really inspirational and i believe its gonna help me. Thank you Daniel for these words
Daniel:
Thank you for these great quotes. I am using them with my high school students daily in their journal writing.
Nancy
Thanks for the quotes………😃😃😃😃
It’s was..great..great..great quote for me..
Thanks sir nice quotes
Thank you so much I was so lazy and felt like 70 % is okay for everything but the quotes made me feel like I can reach 101%
Thank you Daniel, I just shared this with my friends…
“I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.”
Great quotes I will use these this school year
Great Work..
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for sharing such impactful quotes. Students are future leaders and your quotes and helping them nurture this learning mindset. Let’s work together to help our future generation grow with inspiration, self directed learning and growth mindset.
I would definitely refer these quotes in my keynote on “Learning to Achieve our Dream”..
Thanks again.
It’s great work of yours…. You may not know but it really motivates us a lotttt!! Thanks for writing such!!
Thanks daniel for these motivational quotes
hi thanks for the quotes
Thank you so much Daniel
I shared with my friends
I am on the West Coast and my Son is a Freshman on the East Coast. I have been sending your quotes to motivate him while he studies. Thank you for beinging so many great ones together.
hi daniel,thanks so much its all i need
Kudos,,,, Daniel this article has helped so much I’ll do the best I can to achieve my goals… 🚿 blessings to you
Thanks so much daniel for these motivational quotes i read you article and get more infomation about quotes
Thanks Daniel for these amazing Quotes,I’m sure this will help me get ready for my exams after 2 weeks
Very nice article, really thanks!
I want to become a doctor so inspired me for hord work
Thank you for sharing these very inspiring and motivating quotes, some of these will be printed and hung on my printing shop walls for inspiration. God Bless you.
Thanks Daniel! These really helped to get my head down and do some revising!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I love your posts and read it whenever I need a push.
Thanks for the quotes.I will share it with my pupils.
woow,really it is highly motivational sayings
i really lost motivation past few days, and i didnt know how to get started. the motivation only works for minutes and then finished. hope this one works:)
Love this I’ll share this with my classmates … Really nice quotes
such a inspirational quotes about studying
Thanks, Daniel! You really inspired and empowered me!
Wow, Really inspirational.. Helped for self motivation.
Thank you sooo much Daniel……..now i can study without any distractions…😊
HI DANIEL
I AM JUST 12 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE YOUR QUOTES AND ITS SO INSPIRING ME AND MY BROTERS LOVED THE QUOTES AND WE ARE SOON GOING TO PUBLISH THIS TO THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE AND MAY GOOD BLESS YOU WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
THANK YOU
Too inspirational thoughts.
Heart touching quotes..
Very Inspiring Quotes. Keep the great work. Thank you.
you woke me up from the dead…thank you so much Daniel
Thanks for your inspiration it has really made me to be somebody today
your quotes are really inspiring ….
thank you soo much for this wonderful quotes …it almost changed my mindset towards many things
Thanks a lot….it was really inspiring for me……….😊
i really inspired by your quotations. it changed my mindset . Thank you so much
love dat
Great quotes Daniel. They inspired and motivate me a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Daniel, Those are really helpful. Thank you!
Thanks Daniel. To master a skill, you need 10,000 hours of continuous practice. I like the quote of Michael “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. “
Amazing motivational quotes. It will definitely motivates students. I have also seen quotes on beautyofsoul blogs. There motivational videos are also interesting.
hi Daniel I find these quotes very awful and of course awesome you are great and your quotes too
Gr8 job Daniel
ur quotes collection is really inspiring me
keep up the good work brother
Great comments, thanks