Daniel Wong

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40 Powerful Quotes That Will Motivate You to Study

Updated on June 25, 2020 By 134 Comments

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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 videos, or playing games.

After procrastinating for an hour or more, you finally get down to work.

But you just don’t feel that motivated.

Sound familiar?

Developing long-term motivation is a complicated issue.

But you can become motivated to study 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 next 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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Comments

  3. Lynn says

    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!

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  6. kevin D Mitra says

    Thanks Daniel’ for the inspirational quotes. I will definetly share with my friends and Stephen my son.

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  7. David Sapit says

    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!

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  11. Brent Viroux says

    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.

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  14. Nancy says

    Daniel:

    Thank you for these great quotes. I am using them with my high school students daily in their journal writing.

    Nancy

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  19. Pere says

    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.”

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  22. Vikas Jain says

    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.

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  27. Scott M says

    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.

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  29. Stephen kioko says

    Kudos,,,, Daniel this article has helped so much I’ll do the best I can to achieve my goals… 🚿 blessings to you

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  33. Arnel A. Sanchez says

    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.

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  38. A'dab says

    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:)

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  44. EVELYN says

    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

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  49. angelina says

    your quotes are really inspiring ….
    thank you soo much for this wonderful quotes …it almost changed my mindset towards many things

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  55. Matthew says

    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. “

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  56. BOS says

    Amazing motivational quotes. It will definitely motivates students. I have also seen quotes on beautyofsoul blogs. There motivational videos are also interesting.

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  63. Lilian Munyiva says

    Thanks so much for these tips. I keep on reading them again and gain. I have shared them with my son and its improvement is noticeable. Thanks once more for taking your time to help parents. I admire your article.
    Lilian

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  66. ADA Mola says

    OMG!! This was very motivational!! This is worth reading for everytime i loose hope for studying! We all have been inspired by this together with the friends i’ve shared it with on whatssap!

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  69. Oluwagbemiga says

    Virtually motivating and mind captivating,how i wish those concerned read this daily-“what you feed your eyes,mind with develops you and make you who you wanna be”

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  73. Shikha Dhimaan says

    Thanks for these great and inspirational thoughts of great minds. The positive thoughts of the great people not only motivates us to forward in life but they also shed light when we are in a state of gloom.

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  81. akku says

    I get motivated from these types of post but after few hours same thing.i am not able to determined to do a thing, I always quit after some issues come.but i come here and get motivated.

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  84. Libertina Marley says

    Thanks for that inspirational quote, am loaded up with a lot of assignments and up coming examination. I don’t know where and how to start and somehow come to a point of giving up. however all this quote really evoke my feeling to continue without giving up.

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  90. Renuka boine says

    All the articles are very nice 👏 and it’s very powerful quotes for all learner’s
    Thank you so much for the beautiful quotes 😊☺

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  91. Geever says

    Hey Daniel ,am student ur quotes are really inspiring I pasted some of the most inspired quotes in my room it helped me never quit in life

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  92. hiba says

    ‘If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.’

    That got me. thanks danial 🙂 🙂

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  98. Nikhat says

    Hi, Daniel
    Ipressing is this one because it is so helpful to me& my sister thank u so much 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

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  99. Nida says

    How your mind Daniel? I really impressive such qoutes ..
    Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you so much 😍

    Reply

  100. www.mummyandchild.com says

    Glad I came across this. I have 2 kids at school going ages and this is very inspirational…

    I’m going to print some of them for sure

    Reply

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