85 Funny and Motivational Quotes for Students

Even the most diligent scholars need a burst of encouragement every so often, which is why we have compiled an inspiring collection of Motivational Quotes for Students for your next perusal.

Whether you’re seeking a little nudge to keep pushing through your studies or need something uplifting to share with your classmates, we’ve got you covered.

So, dive in and pick out the quote that resonates the most with you!

Motivational Quotes for Students

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

“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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” —Albert Schweitzer

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

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

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

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

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” —Henry Ford

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

“Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.” —Mason Cooley

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” —A.A. Milne

“Strive for progress, not perfection.” —Unknown

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

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

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” —Jim Ryun

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” —Vidal Sassoon

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” —Michael Jordan

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” —Plutarch

“Dream big and dare to fail.” —Norman Vaughan

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” —Thomas A. Edison

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” —Albert Einstein

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson

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

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” —John Dewey

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

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” —Norman Vincent Peale

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” —Confucius

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

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” —Brian Tracy

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” —Steve Martin

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky

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

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

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

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —Walt Disney

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” —Richard Branson

“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” —Conrad Hall

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” —Joshua J. Marine

“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

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” —Confucius

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” —Mark Twain

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” —Anatole France

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.” —Elon Musk

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” —Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” —Steve Jobs

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

“Dream it. Wish it. Do it.” —Anonymous

“Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.” —Anonymous

“The harder you work, the luckier you get.” —Gary Player

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale

“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” —Marilyn Monroe

“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” —Anonymous

Funny Quotes for Students

“I’m not running away from hard work, I’m too lazy to run.”

“The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.” —Michael Scott

“If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.” —Bill Gates

“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go into the other room and read a book.” —Groucho Marx

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” —Cathy Guisewite

“Remember, if you can’t laugh at yourself, make fun of other people.” —Bobby Slayton

“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” —Kyle Chandler

“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” —Steven Wright

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” —Lily Tomlin

“Homework is a prolonged school torture. May the odds be ever in your favor.”

“Study hard, but remember, it’s not cheating unless you get caught.”

“I do my best proofreading right after I hit send.”

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” —Derek Bok

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” —Will Durant

“I could agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.” —Harvey Specter

“My mind is like my internet browser: 19 tabs open, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no idea where the music is coming from.”

“As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools.”

“Group projects make me understand why Superman works alone.”

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” —Steve Martin

“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?” —George Carlin

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” —Don Marquis

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” —Will Rogers

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” —Lily Tomlin

“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” —Oscar Wilde

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” —Albert Einstein

“Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” —Tom Lehrer

“You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.” —Elbert Hubbard

“The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.” —Sarah Brown

“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” —Thomas Edison

“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” —Steven Wright

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