Summer is almost over and it’s time to go back to school.
This can be a time of excitement as you meet friends again, have fun and learn more about your favorite subject.
But it can also be a time of stress, worry and anxiety about exams, the future and what people at school think and say about you.
To help you with that, I’d like to share 32 of the best back to school quotes.
So you can have a more fun, positive and focused time and have your best year yet.
Positive and inspirational back to school quotes
“The more you read, the more things you know, the more you learn, the more places you visit.”
–Dr. Seuss
“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“I like a teacher who gives you something to think about besides homework.”
– Lily Tomlin
“The great thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”
– BB King
“I felt like going to school and studying… would be kind of like going to paradise.”
– Booker T. Washington
“While no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
– Carl Bard
Motivational back to school quotes
“A new school year means new beginnings, new adventures, new friendships and new challenges. The slate is clean and anything can happen.”
– Denise Witmer
‘Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
–Arthur Ashe
“Become a possibility. No matter how dark things seem or actually are, focus your eyes and see possibilities – always see them, because they are always there.
–Norman Vincent Peale
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
“Your attitude, not your ability, will determine your height.”
– Zig Ziglar
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, act like you do, and at some point you will.”
–Venus Williams
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
–Robert Collier
“I’ve discovered that happiness is quite predictable. If you want more happiness, take more risks. Be more active. Show up more often.”
– Brian Tracy
“Work hard, be kind and great things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien
Back to school quotes to help you cope with stress and worries
“Don’t try so hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try so hard to be different…just try your best to be yourself.”
– Zendaya
‘Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the small voice at the end of the day that says: tomorrow I will try again.”
–Mary Anne Radmacher
“I promise you that nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth compromising your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself with stress, anxiety and fear.”
– Steve Maraboli
“You may face many defeats, but you cannot be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to face defeat so that you know who you are, what you can come from, how you can still get out of it.”
– Maya Angelou
“Being fearless doesn’t mean not being 100 percent afraid, it’s being terrified, but you jump anyway.”
– Taylor Swift
“If you want to test your memory, try to remember what you were worried about a year ago.”
– E. Joseph Cossman
“One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as if there are not enough hours in the day, but if we do everything calmly and carefully, we will get it done faster and with much less stress.”
– Viggo Mortensen
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
– Vivian Greene
“Be kind to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.’
– Christine Arylo
Short and sweet back to school quotes
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
– Andy McIntyre
“Education doesn’t just make us smarter. It makes us whole.”
–Jill Biden
“The mind is like a parachute: it only functions when it is open.”
–James Dewar
“You are braver than you think, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.”
– A.A. Milne
“Failures are markers on the road to success.”
– C.S. Lewis
“Nothing will work unless you do it.”
– Maya Angelou
“Make yourself proud.”
– Peter W. Smith
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”
– Taylor Swift
Do you want more motivation for your school year? Check out this post full of positive quotes about the first day of school and also this one about staying positive at work (and that advice works great for school too).
