15 Inspiring Quotes for Students

Here are inspiring, motivational and short quotes for students.

Inspirational quotes for students

1. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
2. “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai
3. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” — Helen Keller
4. “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” — Mae Jemison

Motivational quotes for students

1. “If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” — Admiral William H. McRaven
2. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” — Abraham Lincoln
3. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” — Booker T. Washington
4. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Will Durant (summarizing Aristotle — see FAQ)

Short quotes for students

1. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” — Steve Jobs
2. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” — Frederick Douglass
3. “Little by little, one walks far.” — Proverb
4. “Well begun is half done.” — Proverb

Positive & encouraging quotes

1. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou
2. “In the growth mindset, failure can be a painful experience. But it doesn’t define you. It’s a problem to be faced, dealt with, and learned from.” — Carol Dweck
3. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank

Quote of the day for students

1. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” — Albert Einstein
2. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

Quotes about success & studying

1. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell (widely attributed)
2. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.” — Pelé (widely attributed)

Quotes from teachers to students

1. “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
2. “None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent down and helped us pick up our boots.” — Thurgood Marshall

Famous & classic quotes for students

1. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss
2. “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” — Benjamin Franklin

FAQ

What is a good short motivational quote for students? “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” by Frederick Douglass (1857) is short, real and easy to remember.

Is “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit” really by Aristotle? No. That exact sentence was written by historian Will Durant in The Story of Philosophy (1926) while summarizing Aristotle. We attribute it to Durant.

What is a good quote of the day for students? “The important thing is not to stop questioning” — Albert Einstein, in LIFE magazine, 1955.

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