Motivation Quotes

"Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence."

- Mary Ann Evans

"Sometimes it’s hard to keep focus or motivation. But know we have your back! Good luck. Reach out to campus resources if you can use some help or just need to talk something through. I know you have meticulous plans to be in top shape for finals this week. But do take time to relax. Mixing work and play is actually a good thing. You’ve got this!! Go Jacks!! 💙💛🪓"

- NAU President Cruz Rivera

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

- Abraham Lincoln

"I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life."

- Abraham Lincoln

"I am not ashamed to confess that twenty-five years ago I was a hired laborer, mauling rails, at work on a flatboat – just what might happen to any poor man’s son. I want every man to have a chance."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth.'"

- Dan Rather

"I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days."

- Bill Dana

"Those who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those doing it."

- Chinese Proverb

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style."

- Maya Angelou

"You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live."

- Stuart Scott

"I’m here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance."

- Wanda Sykes

"While you’re living, live."

- Valerie Harper

"We decide the first day of our cancer diagnosis whether we are going to be victims or survivors. We decide to muster up all our strength to fight to win. We decide to stay positive and not let cancer define us. We decide how we are going to handle each day. Yes, there are good days and bad days, but our attitude determines each day. Hold on to your hopes, dreams, faith, and determinations and gather strength from your support systems, because in the fight against cancer, we cannot give up."

- Ann, survivor

"You will never win if you never begin."

- Helen Rowland

"Si Actúas Como Si Supieras Lo Que Estás Haciendo, Puedes Hacer Lo Que Quieras"

- Frida Kahlo

"Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure."

- George Sand

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."

- George Burns

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."

- Anne Frank

"If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work."

- Ogden Nash

"Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them."

- Georges Bataille

"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."

- Confucius

"To survive as a teacher you need three bones: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone."

"You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live."

"Nothing Is Impossible"

"Al mal tiempo, buena cara."

"Tu único límite es tu mente."

"Querer es poder."