Quotes for High Schoolers

For Everyday

1. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
2. “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” – Paulo Coelho
3. “An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
4. “You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” – Eckhart Tolle
5. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Baruch

For Tests

1. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
2. “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” – Art Williams
3. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell
4. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
5. “Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock

For Presentations

1. “You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” – John Ford
2. “It’s all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.” – Rob Gilbert
3. “Best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you’re talking about.” – Michael H. Mescon
4. “If you can’t communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you’re giving up your potential.” – Warren Buffet

For Group Projects

1. “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin
2. “Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.” – Amit Ray
3. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
4. “None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard
5. “Success is best when it’s shared.” – Howard Schultz

For Burnout

1. “We will fail when we fail to try.” – Rosa Parks
2. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
3. “Someday is not a day of the week.” – Janet Dailey
4. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
5. “Never Confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. “Talk to yourself like someone you love.” – Brené Brown

For Social Events

1. “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” – Walter Anderson
2. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
3. “Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.” – Anais Nin
4. “This is the power of gathering; it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.” – Alice Waters

Printable Quote Notecards You Can Print At Home!

How To Use Encouraging Quotes For High Schoolers Printable Cards

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1. Print the notecard of your choice, found above, on card stock.
2. Cut the notecard using a paper cutter. Scissors will also work but a paper cutter will get you a super straight cut.
3. Fold the notecard in half and crease with a bone folder or the back of a butter knife.
4. Write something inside and put it in an A2 envelope!