Nadira Berman

Best Inspirational Quotes for Frustrated Students

My obsession with inspirational quotes continues! And this time I won’t exclude freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Everyone gets frustrated with school sometimes, especially right now in the middle of the semester, with summer months and months away…

From working in groups to presenting in front of the class, school is filled with difficult situations. But when the going gets tough, remember these words of wisdom. Hopefully, they can carry you through.
 

On group projects

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

– Alfred Adler
 

On bad test scores

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.

– William Julius Wilson
 

On stress

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

– William James

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

– Lee Iacocca
 

On being overwhelmed

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

– Nelson Mandela
 

On presentations

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

– Dr. Benjamin Spock
 

On avoiding distractions

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

– Zig Ziglar

The successful man is the average man, focused.

– Unknown
 

On perseverance

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

– Thomas Edison

 

Author

  • Nadira Berman

    As a Summer Marketing Intern, Nadira is excited to help high schoolers prepare for the SAT and ACT. As a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, she is considering studying economics. In her free time, she reports for the school newspaper and styles photo shoots for the school’s fashion magazine. Besides fashion and journalism, her passions include bagels, smoothies and Netflix.

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