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Motivational Quotes for Students
Studying is slow work, and progress is hard to see from the inside. These quotes remind students that learning compounds, that experts started as beginners, and that staying with a hard problem a little longer is a real skill.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”— Nelson Mandela
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”— B.B. King
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”— Mahatma Gandhi (attributed)
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”— Benjamin Franklin
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”— Dr. Seuss
“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.”— Albert Einstein (attributed)
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”— Albert Einstein
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”— Thomas Edison
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.”— Helen Hayes (attributed)
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”— Leonardo da Vinci (attributed)
How to use these quotes
- Put a quote at the top of your study notes for the week.
- Break your revision into 25-minute blocks and finish each block with one line of progress.
- Send a quote to a classmate before an exam.
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