Motivational Quotations for the Classroom

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

–Albert Einstein

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

– Wayne Gretzky

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

–Michael Jordan

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

–Vince Lombardi

“Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.”

- Pierre Trudeau

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so".

- (Act II, Scene II). Hamlet. William Shakespeare

In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart,Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.

- Bill Clinton

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge…”

- Napoleon Hill

“Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you’re Right.”

- Henry Ford

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.  If you haven't found it yet, then keep looking, don't settle.”

- Steve Jobs

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”

Farrah Gray

“Be five minutes early, and you won't be five minutes late.”

John Stevens

Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be uneducated or unsuccessful.  That's what happens when you don't plan.

- An adapted Larry Winget quotation

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

- Carl Bard

“No! Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.”

- YODA