Getting a PhD or working in any other field is hard. There will be times when you feel tired, frustrated, or even question whether all the hard work is worth it. I’ve collected these quotes over time because they have motivated me whenever I needed a little extra encouragement.
Feel free to read through them whenever you need some motivation too. Hopefully, they can remind you to stay focused, keep working, and never give up. (I will keep updating this list!)
People are doubting how far you can go. Go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.
Act like you can’t afford the bread until they find out you own the bakery!
Some opinions of a sheep? Lions don’t worry about that!
Sleep. Sweat. Grind. Repeat!
Focus on you until the focus is on you!
There is no losing, only learning. There is no failure, only opportunities. There are no problems, only solutions.
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
Spend so much time on self-improvement that you have no time to criticize others.
The magic you’re looking for is in the work you’re avoiding.
When you come from nothing, you appreciate everything. You hustle differently, you love differently, and you lead differently! Stay humble. Never forget where you came from. Stay hungry. Keep that fire in your soul. Stay true. Always be real with yourself and the world, because the world doesn’t need any more copies—it needs originals!