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Start the new school year with these quotes that will inspire you to be your best self!It’s been something of a challenging year, and while going back to school online may feel familiar by now, that doesn’t mean it will necessarily be easy.
But we do believe you’ve got this, and can continue to be your brightest, best self. Here are 21 of our favourite quotes from books to inspire and motivate you, even when times are at their toughest.
You are your best thing.
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
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It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don’t. Because, sometimes, you won’t. I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
Oh the Places You’ll Go, Dr Seuss
We know this is a tough time right now, but you've got this!
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
Wonder, R. J. Palacio
When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen.
Across the River and into the Trees, Ernest Hemingway
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Oh, it’s delightful to have ambitions. I’m so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them – that’s the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still.
Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
The Twits, Roald Dahl
It was all very well to be ambitious, but ambition should not kill the nice qualities in you.
Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
She decided long ago that life was a long journey. She would be strong, and she would be weak, and both would be okay.
Furthermore, Tahereh Mafi
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
Matilda, Roald Dahl
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
You can’t help what you feel but you can help how you behave.
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood