For those striving in their studies! A collection of inspiring quotes about giving your best that speaks to the heart.
Have you ever been saved by a quote you happened to come across when your studies weren’t going well or you were feeling unmotivated? The words left by great figures are full of power to rally a discouraged heart and give you the push to take one more step forward.
In this article, we introduce quotes that will encourage those who are working hard at their studies.
When you want to do your best but run into a wall, you’re sure to find words that will help.
Be sure to read them again on those anxious nights before a test.
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For those striving in their studies! A collection of inspiring quotes about giving your best (71–80)
If you think you can, you can; if you think you can’t, you can’t. This is an unwavering, absolute law.Pablo Picasso
Here is a famous quote from Pablo Picasso, often called the greatest painter of the 20th century.
Picasso was active not only in painting but also in sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, stage design, and even poetry.
You might think he accomplished so much because he was gifted with extraordinary talent.
But no one is good from the very beginning.
And without starting, there is no growth.
Even if you’re not perfect, if you feel, “I might be able to do this—maybe I should give it a try,” then act without hesitation.
Compared to doing nothing, you will learn and gain far more.
Each small step you take will add up and lead to a future where you can say, “I can do it.”
Effort can lie, but it’s never wasted.Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu is a professional figure skater who has achieved numerous feats—such as winning the Olympics twice and breaking all-time high scores in both the short program and the free skate—earning love not only in Japan but all around the world.
These are words he once said on a TV program: People often say, “Effort never betrays you,” but you don’t hear “Effort lies” very often, do you? Even if you study hard, there are times when your test results aren’t great.
But as Hanyu says, it’s never wasted.
It will surely become your strength, so please keep going.
A genius is someone who studies three, four, five times harder than anyone else.Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist who devoted himself to researching yellow fever and syphilis, and his achievements are recognized worldwide.
Here I’d like to share his famous quote: “A genius is someone who studies three, four, five times more than anyone else.” Noguchi endured many hardships—suffering severe burns as a child and passing the medical licensing exam, said to take ten years, in just one year.
I believe he certainly had talent, but it was precisely because he overcame difficulties, kept learning as this quote suggests, and honed his abilities that his gifts were able to blossom even more fully.
For those who find studying tough, this saying will surely be encouraging in challenging times.
They say perseverance pays off in time, but you must not neglect the effort to learn in one year what would normally take three.Konosuke Matsushita
Here is a famous quote from Konosuke Matsushita, the Japanese entrepreneur known as the founder of Panasonic Holdings.
When starting something new, some of you may have been encouraged by the proverb, “Sit on a stone for three years,” meaning that if you keep at something difficult, it will eventually go well.
Matsushita adds one crucial point: it’s not enough to simply persist—you must never spare your efforts.
Those who succeed likely think many times more and work many times harder than others.
Would you like to become one of them, too?
It’s not that you run away because it’s painful; it becomes painful because you run away.William James
These are words from William James, an American philosopher who also made significant contributions as a psychologist, that give us courage to face difficulties: “It’s because you run away that it becomes painful…”.
When you hear this, many of you may look back on your past and find yourselves thinking, “That’s so true!” Even if facing difficulties is hard, running away only makes things worse.
When it feels tough to overcome a wall, remember these words and try to face it without fleeing.
Effort opens every door.Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine is a poet whom every French person knows and is said to remember for life.
His famous quote, “Diligence is the mother of good fortune” (literally, “Effort opens every door”), is simple yet packed with truth.
The message that anything can be achieved if we face it earnestly and make the effort it deserves is something many people understand but struggle to act on.
Of course, there are times when effort alone won’t get us there, but it never leaves us with nothing.
It’s a saying worth engraving in our hearts, one that can serve as a guiding principle in life.
Napoleon slept only three hours a night. There’s no reason I can’t accomplish what he could through effort.Hideyo Noguchi
These words express a strong resolve not to set limits on one’s effort.
Even great figures achieved success through extraordinary, sustained effort, and there is no reason we cannot do the same—this is the determination embedded here.
Of course, not everyone needs to push themselves on short sleep, but when you feel tempted to slack off, recalling this saying will naturally sharpen your focus.
Effort matters more than talent, and you can accumulate as much of it as you choose.
It’s a quote that gives you the power to go beyond your limits.
I always do what I can’t do yet, in order to learn how to do it.Vincent van Gogh
Here’s a great quote for anyone who wants to take on a challenge but feels unsure if they can do it.
Van Gogh’s works changed in style over the years, and as this quote suggests, he experimented and tried many different things.
Rather than feeling ashamed of what you can’t do, people who keep taking on new challenges broaden their perspective and tend to grow faster.
Along the way, you may discover something only you can do.
When you want to try but can’t quite take the first step, hold this quote close and take the plunge.
Anyone can do it when they’re motivated. True achievers do it even when they’re not.Phil McGraw
When you’re motivated, you can breeze through any kind of studying, but once that motivation fades, your pace drops all at once and sometimes you even stop altogether, right? At times like that, these words from Phil McGraw—known as a TV host and author—will give you a good kick.
If you’re motivated, anyone would naturally study a lot.
But what he’s saying is that the truly successful are the ones who rouse themselves and keep putting in the effort even on days when they don’t feel like it.
Read this when you’re unmotivated or feel like you’re about to lose, and fire yourself up!
God does not give us trials we cannot overcome.Rikako Ikee
As one of Japan’s leading competitive swimmers, Rikako Ikee has achieved numerous outstanding results.
These are words she spoke when she was diagnosed with leukemia—words she held as a creed to overcome adversity.
Even if studying feels tough and exhausting now, perhaps that very hardship is a wall God has given you to help you achieve your goals.
If that’s the case, then it’s not a wall you can’t overcome.
Her message encourages a positive mindset.
Let’s turn even our obstacles into strength and keep striving to reach our goals!