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Know the feeling of butterflies in your stomach before the big test? You're unsure of yourself. You're betting you'll fail…again. You're certain that you're just not a good test-taker. You're sure that the GRE or the ACT or the LSAT is finally going to eat you alive. You'll never make it into the school of your dreams because there's just no way you're going to succeed at this test.
Before you take your next test, whether it's a lower-stakes midterm or a high-stakes exam like the SAT, memorize one of these 7 motivational quotes to inspire you to do your best. Better yet? Memorize a few and really give yourself a confidence boost.
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Thomas Edison
'Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.'
Thomas Edison, known best for his invention of the incandescent light bulb, certainly knew failure in his life. His teachers said he was stupid. He was fired from his first two means of employment for being 'unproductive.' He tried over 1,000 times to get the light bulb right.
But try, he did. And, as we know and can appreciate, he succeeded.
The next time you're tempted to give up on getting that score you really want, take your motivation from Thomas Edison.
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Florence Nightingale
'I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.' English subtitle friends season 1 downl….
Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern nursing profession and the lead British nurse in the Crimean War, certainly followed her own advice.
The next time you're studying for the SAT and think 'I don't have enough time' or 'I'm just not a good test-taker,' consider that you may be making excuses instead of figuring out a way to get the job done.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
'Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.'
A song by Craig Morgan, 'You Never Know,' revealed the same sentiment: 'You never know what's around the bend.' That's something that Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, knew all too well. Wait. Be patient. Don't give up on your studies. Just when things feel especially difficult, your break will come.
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Alfred A. Montapert
Alfred A. Montapert, the author of The Supreme Philosophy of Man: The Laws of Life, truly had good advice for testers (and anyone for that matter). Problems will always arise. Anticipate them and thwart them. For instance, you will never get the score you really want if your study conditions have to be just so. Someone will be there to bother you. The room will be too cold. You may be hungry, bored, or distracted. Instead of focusing on study distractions, find a way to get over them and you'll pave your way to success.
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Philip Sidney
This quote by Philip Sidney, a prominent writer of the Elizabethan period, is perfect for those who struggle with taking tests. Maybe you're a kinesthetic learner and you haven't quite figured out a way to study that works for you. Try a bunch of different study techniques and if nothing is working, make your own way. In any event, keep on going until you master your task.
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Henry David Thoreau
'What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.'
Success leads to success, as Henry David Thoreau, American writer, poet, philosopher, and naturalist, points out so succinctly. If you believe yourself to be a certain way—a lousy test-taker, a bad student, a moderately likable candidate for medical school—you'll be that. Achieve some small goals (I will stay focused for 25 minutes, I will get a B on this essay exam). Eventually, you'll build enough confidence to become the success you never allowed yourself to be in the past.
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Samuel Beckett
'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.'
Samuel Beckett, an Irish-born author who wrote enormously influential French-language novels and plays, such as Waiting for Godot, knew a little bit about failure. He couldn't find a publisher for his works at first and some of his most influential pieces were largely ignored during his lifetime. That makes his quote resonate so much more loudly. He knew failure, but he also knew great success because he learned from his mistakes. Shokugeki no soma season 4 episode 1. If you fail on an exam, try again and do it better next time. Learn from your own mistakes. You could be sabotaging your own test score and not even be realizing it.
A card can be the perfect way to give someone embarking on a new adventure some encouragement.
Whether it be starting a new job, taking an exam, a driving test or moving abroad, what you write inside that card should be something poignant.
It might be a heartfelt message, a memorable quote or perhaps a short poem about success.
Here are 23 messages, quotes and poems to share to inspire them to do the best they can.
Eight messages to share with a loved one
1) Wishing you the best of luck in all life has to offer you.
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2) Hoping good luck continues to follow you all through your life, my friend.
3) I know you can climb the highest mountains. Never lose faith in yourself. Good luck!
4) May God give you the courage to face all challenges with a smile!
5) Bury your worries with a sunset and wake up fresh with new hopes every morning. Good luck! Minecraft grass path texture.
6) All I wish for you is happiness. May the smile on your lips never fade!
7) I was going to wish you lots of luck for your exams. But I remembered that you have learned so much you do not need luck. Therefore I wish you lots of success.
8) Nobody can be 100% sure if he will pass or fail the exams. But hard work will increase the chances of doing well. Best of luck!
Ten quotes to give some inspiration
1) Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect – Ralph Waldo Emerson
2) Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
3) Diligence is the mother of good luck – Benjamin Franklin
4) Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck – Orson Welles
5) Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work – Kevin Eubanks
6) The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck – Channing Pollock
7) I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often – Brian Tracy
8) I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it – Denzel Washington
9) You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it – Jimmy Dean
10) I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Source: Brainyquote
Five poems about luck to use in a card
1) Luck is not chance (Emily Dickinson)
Luck is not chance,
It’s Toil, Fortune’s expensive smile, Is earned, The Father of the Mine, Is that old-fashioned Coin, We spurned Primary School Bd
2) The road may seem rough,
Life may seem tough, But for a Smooth Sailing, My Good Luck Wishes are enough!
3) As long as you have
Hard work in your stride Good Luck will always be by your side.
4) Good Luck Gold (Janet Wong)
When I was a baby
one month old, my grandparents gave me good luck gold: a golden ring so soft it bends, a golden necklace hooked at the ends, a golden bracelet with coins that say I will be rich and happy someday.
I wish that gold
would work real soon. I need my luck this afternoon.
5) Hard Luck (Edgar Albert Guest)
Ain’t no use as I can see
In sittin’ underneath a tree An’ growlin’ that your luck is bad, An’ that your life is extry sad; Your life ain’t sadder than your neighbor’s Nor any harder are your labors; It rains on him the same as you, An’ he has work he hates to do; An’ he gits tired an’ he gits cross, An’ he has trouble with the boss; You take his whole life, through an’ through, Why, he’s no better off than you.
If whinin’ brushed the clouds away
I wouldn’t have a word to say; If it made good friends out o’ foes I’d whine a bit, too, I suppose; But when I look around an’ see A lot o’ men resemblin’ me, An’ see ’em sad, an’ see ’em gay With work t’ do most every day, Some full o’ fun, some bent with care, Some havin’ troubles hard to bear, I reckon, as I count my woes, They’re ’bout what everybody knows.
The day I find a man who’ll say
He’s never known a rainy day, Who’ll raise his right hand up an’ swear In forty years he’s had no care, Has never had a single blow, An’ never known one touch o’ woe, Has never seen a loved one die, Has never wept or heaved a sigh, Has never had a plan go wrong, But allas laughed his way along; Then I’ll sit down an’ start to whine That all the hard luck here is mine.
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