Although it’s almost the end of the year, many of us are in dire need of a final push to get us through the year. Sometimes a few words of encouragement are all we need, and it just so happens that quotes can provide us with them. This article will include motivational quotes to keep our spirits high.

1. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”—Vince Lombardi
2. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”—Rob Silaten
3. “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” -Maya Angelou
4. “Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are.”—Theodore Roosevelt
5. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”—C.S. Lewis
6. “For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.”—Jack Canfield
7. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”—Zig Ziglar
8. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.”—St. Jerome
9. “Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”—Lao Tzu
10. “Well done is better than well said.”—Benjamin Franklin
11. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”—Thomas Paine
12. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”—H.G. Wells
13. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.”—Oprah Winfrey
14. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I’m possible.”—Audrey Hepburn
15. “Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.”—Hazrat Inayat Khan
16. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”—Walt Whitman
17. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”—Albert Einstein
18. “It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.”—Ella Fitzgerald
19. “All you need is the plan,the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”—Earl Nightingale
20. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”—Mahatma Gandhi

Three more weeks until the end of school! With these quotes, hopefully you’ll be more motivated to finish strong. Resist the urge to give up or slack off, no matter the struggle. The next time you run into an obstacle, try reading some of these quotes. You can do it!