30 College Life Quotes to Get You Through the School Year

College can be so stressful sometimes, and it can often leave you thinking, "why am I paying this much money to cry in the library once a week?" Don't worry, we have literally all been there. Next time you need a laugh, a little motivation, or a reminder of why you're working your butt off, check out these 30 college life quotes.

Motivational Quotes

"Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you." —John Green

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest when you haven't planted." —David Bly

"There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs." —Zig Ziglar

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." —Malcolm X

"Accept failure as part of the process." —Unknown

"Evert expert was once a beginner." —Helen Hayes

"Be so good they can't ignore you." —Steve Martin

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently." —Henry Ford

Funny Quotes

"I pulled an all-dayer today. It was rough." —Unknown

"Cumulative final exams are like fights in relationships. Why must we continue to bring up the past? What's done is done." —Unknown

"Don't judge a book by it's cover. My math book has a picture of someone enjoying themselves on it, but I am not enjoying myself at all." —Unknown

"Choose a major you love and you'll never work a day in your life because that field probably isn't hiring." —Unknown

"When I die I want the people I did group projects with to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time." —Unknown

"I've got 99 problems and 97 of them are due by the end of the week. The other two were due last week." —Unknown

"Definition of a College professor: someone who talks in other people’s sleep." —W.H. Auden

Heartwarming Quotes

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

"College has given me the confidence I need to fail." —Jarod Klintz, This Book Has No Title

"Education is the best provision for life's journey." —Aristotle

"A college degree is not a sign of a finished product but an indication a person is prepared for life." —Reverend Edward A. Malloy, Monk's Reflections

"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond, cauliflower is nothing but cabbage without a college education." —Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

"Take it all one day at a time and enjoy the journey." —Kristi Barlett

"Educating yourself does not mean you were stupid in the first place, it means that you are intelligent enough to know that there is plenty left to learn." —Melanie Joy

"The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means to an education." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

"College is like a fountain of knowledge and the students are there to drink." —Chuck Palahniuk

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." —Benjamin Franklin

"A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled." —Plutarch

"College is the reward for surviving high school." —Judd Apatow

"College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life." —Lara Oleynik

"Whatever you are, be a good one." —Abraham Lincoln.

"And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)." —Dr. Seuss