Here are 100 motivational quotes to inspire students preparing for the Concours Général:
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.” – Unknown
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The harder you work, the more luck you seem to have.” – Gary Player
- “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
- “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” – Unknown
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pelé
- “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
- “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
- “It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.” – Unknown
- “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Unknown
- “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
- “Sometimes we’re tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.” – Unknown
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
- “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
- “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” – Richard Branson
- “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
- “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
- “The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” – Joel Brown
- “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
- “The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
- “Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.” – Unknown
- “The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown
- “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” – Unknown
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “You are not what you have done, but what you have overcome.” – Unknown
- “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
- “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Unknown
- “Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
- “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” – Olin Miller
- “A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins
- “Success is what comes after you stop making excuses.” – Luis Galarza
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Unknown
- “If you can’t do it, you’ll always have excuses. If you can do it, you’ll always have results.” – Unknown
- “You are capable of more than you know.” – Glinda
- “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews
- “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
- “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg
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. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
- “Success is not just about making money; it’s about making a difference.” – Unknown
- “When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
- “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “Nothing worth having comes easy.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” – Marie Forleo
- “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler
- “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “You will never win if you never begin.” – Helen Rowland
- “Your success is determined by how much you can really learn and grow from your failures.” – Unknown
These quotes are intended to motivate students as they prepare for the rigorous Concours Général, encouraging them to persevere, work diligently, and believe in their potential.