Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey. For all the highs and lows, for all the joys and sorrows, for everything you put in and everything you get out, it’s just you. It can be hard to find people who understand what you’re going through, what it’s like to risk everything on an idea. But that’s okay – because entrepreneur quotes exist! This compilation of student quotes is a great reminder that we are not alone in our journey. So whether you’re feeling down or inspired, read on for some words of wisdom from your fellow entrepreneurs.

1. I was a terrible student. For me, to take a book home was a trial. — Vladimir Horowitz

2. I was a terrible student. I didn’t graduate magna cum laude: I graduated ‘Thank you, Lawdy!’ — Shannon Sharpe

3. The ideal ratio is one computer to every five students; we are nowhere close to that percentage in a lot of schools in America. — Spencer Abraham

4. It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. — Tim Cook

5. I can always see what I’ve done wrong. I’m always learning. I’m the perennial student. — Pat Oliphant

6. Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. — Og Mandino

7. Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student. — Parker J. Palmer

8. I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life. — Vanessa Lachey

9. The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail. — P. J. O’Rourke

10. A great teacher will invite every student to learn and to participate and inspire more and more learning. — Mommy Moo Moo

11. A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society. — Michael Bennet

12. Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student. — Parker J. Palmer

13. Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools. — Newt Gingrich

14. To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow student. — Soren Kierkegaard

15. Teaching the myth of creation to the students instead of teaching them the fact of evolution is nothing but an act of ultimate ignorance! — Mehmet Murat ildan

16. There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student. — Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

17. I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine. — Severo Ochoa

18. Before I can effectively discipline students, I have to earn their friendship and respect. — Marva Collins

19. When the student is ready, the teacher appears, — Robin S. Sharma

20. The secret in education lies in respecting the student. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

21. I always tell students that you’ve got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated. — Twyla Tharp

22. Teachers are reservoirs from which, through the process of education, students draw the water of life. — Sathya Sai Baba

23. A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular. — Martin Luther

24. Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness. — Sugata Mitra

25. The style of flirtation specific to classrooms was of service to the students all their lives. — Renata Adler, Speedboat

26. I had no plans to be an entrepreneur. I just wanted to be a journalist and write for a magazine. At 15, I just decided to leave school and launch a national student magazine. — Richard Branson

27. Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want. — Pat Summitt

28. We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture. — Shelley Berman

29. I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb. — Tommy Hilfiger

30. Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student. — Parker J. Palmer

31. I used to be a regular college student and now I go all over the country and stay at really nice hotels. — Steven Hill

32. I’m a very bad student, but a great learner. — Tim Allen

33. I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another. — Sam Raimi

34. It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. — Tim Cook

35. I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery however, I felt I wasn’t getting enough time assisting. — Samuel Wilson

36. The student can read as fast as his mind will let him, not as slow as his eyes make him. — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

37. I always tell students that you’ve got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated. — Twyla Tharp

38. You can always be better than your master but you can never change the fact that you were his student and he was your master! The seed must always respect for his soil! — Mehmet Murat ildan

39. No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

40. I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn’t just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission. — Wole Soyinka

41. At Libertyville High, I was a bad student, chronic truant, and all–round incorrigible. I was forever being sent to the principal’s office to be disciplined. — Marlon Brando

42. Students view any teacher who does not bury them under work as some sort of mentally impaired kitten to be kicked aside. — Thomm Quackenbush, A Creature Was Stirring

43. I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible. — Michael Bloomberg

44. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed. — Marva Collins

45. Education should be one of our top funding priorities talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. — Solomon Ortiz

46. I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery however, I felt I wasn’t getting enough time assisting. — Samuel Wilson

47. It’s the class i wish i would have had when i was in film school. working in the classroom with these students gives me a chance to prepare them. — Matthew Mcconaughey

48. Hulga the whole while hollering like a half–slaughtered hog. (Attention, students of literature! Alliteration–have you noticed?–is my least vice.) — Truman Capote

49. A living. Without Jonny, Student almost fell to pieces. — Richard Branson

50. When the student is ready, the teacher appears, — Robin S. Sharma

I hope these quotes have inspired you to do your best in your studies, and to never give up on your dreams. Remember, the sky is the limit! With hard work and determination, anything is possible. So don’t forget to stay focused and keep studying. Best of luck!