55 Study Quotes To Keep You Going When It Gets Hard

Studying is not always fun.

Sometimes you sit down, open your book, and your brain just refuses to cooperate. You read the same line three times and still nothing sticks.

It happens to everyone. The motivation comes and goes. And on the days it goes, it can feel like you are the only one struggling.

But you are not. These study quotes are proof that others have been right where you are, and kept going anyway.

Study Quotes

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” — B.B. King

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin

“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” — Helen Hayes

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” — Robert Collier

“Learning never exhausts the mind.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle

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

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats

“Knowledge is power.” — Francis Bacon

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” — Chinese Proverb

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Sills

“The future depends on what you do today.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Joseph Addison

“A little progress each day adds up to big results.” — Satya Nani

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” — Peter Marshall

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain

“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” — Abigail Adams

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” — Jimi Hendrix

“The more that you read, the more things you will know.” — Dr. Seuss

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” — Julie Andrews

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” — Samuel Johnson

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu

“Learning is the beginning of wealth.” — Jim Rohn

“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” — Brian Herbert

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” — John C. Maxwell

Inspirational Study Quotes

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” — Nora Ephron

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis

“The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” — Unknown

“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” — Unknown

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” — Sean Patrick Flanery

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” — Marie Forleo

“There is no substitute for hard work.” — Thomas A. Edison

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” — Aristotle

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” — Jimmy Johnson

“If you are going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” — Marcus Garvey

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” — Pablo Picasso

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth

“Aim for progress, not perfection.” — Unknown

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” — John F. Kennedy

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” — Bobby Unser