Top 160 Encouraging Quotes for Students (2024 Update)
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151. “Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.”

— W. Clement Stone

152. “Don’t judge. Teach. It’s a learning process.”

— Carol S. Dweck

153. “Make your own decisions. Make your own choices.”

— Lisa Mangum

154. “One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

155. “Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility – these three forces are the very nerve of education.”

— Rudolf Steiner

156. “The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.”

— Gabby Douglas

157. “Hurry up: your dreams are waiting for you, but they will not wait forever.”

— Paulo Coelho

158. “Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.”

— Meg Cabot

159. “Your life matters. You can’t live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what’s most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.”

— Jane Goodall

160. “Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.”

— Bradley Whitford

161. “I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.”

— Erin Gruwell

162. “Start small; Think possibilities; Reach beyond your known abilities; Invest all you have in your dream; Visualize miracles; Expect to experience success.”

— Robert H. Schuller

163. “Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”

— John Wooden

164. “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”

— Edith Lovejoy Pierce

165. “Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.”

— David J. Schwartz

166. “Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present.”

— Joichi Ito

167. “Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.”

— Nora Ephron

168. “You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.”

— John Dewey

169. “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”

— L. Frank Baum

170. “My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.”

— Ruby Bridges

171. “If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.”

— Ben Carson