One of the things people struggle with every day includes going to work. Stress from jobs is commonplace. As an employee, or if you are self-employed, you need a motivational push to get things done efficiently in due time. May these inspirational work quotes give you the drive to achieve your goal and become successful in what you do.
1. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
2. “Being positive in a negative situation is not naive, It's leadership.” – Ralph Watson
3. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
4. “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.” – Mary Kay Ash
5. “You've only got three choices, give up, give in or give it all you've got.” – Anonymous
6. “In any given moment, we have two options, to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
7. “It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.” – Carlton Fisk
8. “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.” – Thomas A. Edison
9. “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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10. “Work to become, not to acquire.” – Elbert Hubbard
11. “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't get very far until you change it.” – Anonymous
13. “I am not luck. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don't call me lucky. Call me a bad ass.” – Shonda Rhimes
14. “If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do.” – Zig Ziglar
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15. “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” – Henry Kissinger
16. “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” – Katherine Whitehorn
17. “Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.” – Robert H. Schuller
18. “Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” – Dave Willis
19. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
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20. “Great people do things before they're ready.” – Amy Poehler
21. “Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.” – Steve Maraboli
22. “It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it.” – Tom Hanks
23. “You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen
24. “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwane Johnson
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25. “If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” – Bansky
26. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
27. “You can only do your best, and if they can't appreciate that, it's their problem, not yours.” – Anonymous
28. “Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
29. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
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30. “When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Anonymous
More Motivational Quotes for Work
31. “Never hope for it more than you work for it.” – Rita Mae Brown
32. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
33. “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” – Albert Einstein
34. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferris
35. “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” – Frank Ocean
36. “What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. “You are always one decision away from a totally different life.” – Mark Batterson
38. “I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.” – Lou Holtz
39. “It will never be perfect. Make it work.” – Anonymous
40. “I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.” – Jon Stewart
41. “Be so good that they can't ignore you.” – Steve Martin
42. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey
43. “Sometimes we do get it wrong. But that's okay, It's the only way to figure out how to get it right.” – Anonymous
44. “Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.” – Vera Wang
45. “No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Turcois Ominek
46. “Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.” – George Lucas
47. “Success is not owned but rented. And that rent is due every day.” – Rory Vaden
48. “It's desire. That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education, not being born with hidden talents.” – Johnny Carson
49. “Successful people are not gifted, they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” – G. K. Nielson
50. “Excellence is never an accident, it is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.” – Anonymous
51. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E. E. Cummings
52. “Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.” – Michelle Obama
53. “A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.” – Anonymous
54. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.” – Anonymous
55. “It's a beautiful thing when a career and a passion comes together.” – Anonymous
56. “Show respect even to people who don't deserve it, not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.” – Dave Willis
57. “Stay an extra hour in the office and no one cares. Arrive 9:05 and everyone loses their minds.” – Anonymous
58. “Forget the mistake, remember the lesson.” – Anonymous
59. “Don't let little stupid things break your happiness.” – Anonymous
60. “Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
61. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer
62. “I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception.” – Anonymous
63. “Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.” – Anonymous
64. “Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.” – Joyce Meyer
65. “Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem.” – Jonathan Mead
66. “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Brad Montague
67. “A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” – Arthur Golden
68. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
69. “Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark.” – Jay Danzie
70. “Don't stop until you're proud.” – Anonymous
71. “Work harder than you did yesterday.” – Alexandra Elle Smith
72. “Tell me I can't, then watch me work twice as hard to prove you wrong.” – Anonymous
73. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
74. “If work isn’t fun, you’re not playing on the right team.” – Frank Sonnenberg
75. “They threw her to the wolves and she returned leading the pack.” – Anonymous
76. “Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.” – Zig Ziglar
77. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
78. “Don't wish for it, work for it.” – Anonymous
79. “Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
80. “If you can't do anything about it then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change.” – Tony Gaskins
81. “If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden
82. “You don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.” – Daniel Milstein
83. “You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.” – Confucius
84. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.” – Mohsin Jameel
85. “I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
86. “Almost every successful person begin with two beliefs, the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.” – David Brooks
87. “You may not be able to control every situation and it's outcome, but you can control your attitude and how you deal with it.” – Anonymous
88. “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” – Henry Ford
89. “Be stubborn about your goals, and flexible about your methods.” – Anonymous
90. “Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin
91. “Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek
92. “Make your program so long and so hard that the people who praise you will always seem to be talking about something very trivial in comparison to what you are really trying to do. Get a good start on it. Then you will be free to work. And, being free to work, you will have achieved the truest success and satisfaction.” – Henry Ford
93. “If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal.” – Anonymous
94. “Do it with passion or not at all.” – Rosa Nochette Carey
95. “I've worked in corporate environments for many years, and one thing that's clear is that there's no shortage of people knowing how to play the blame game.” – Jeanne Boschert
96. “Lack of planning your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.” – Bob Carter
97. “A direct result of delegation, outsourcing and automation is that many of us become dependent on others for our work. We become lazy and try to shrug off every little thing that needs to be done.” – Joe Martin
98. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” – Thomas Carlyle
99. “I'm not here to be average, I'm here to be awesome.” – Anonymous
100. “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
101. “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.” – Arthur Christopher Benson
102. “Don't let idiots ruin your day.” – Anonymous
103. “When you are inspired in your work, everything seems to fall into place.” – Wayne Dyer
104. “Laughter in the workplace leads to employees who are genuinely happy to go to work every day.” – Jeffrey Briar
105. “When you feel passionate about your work, you do not set rigid boundaries between work time and personal time, because the work itself is personal.” – Larry Smith
106. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan and guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
107. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham
108. “If you can't see yourself working on something monotonous for an extensive length of time, that is okay. Set a limit.” – Brian Karr
109. “When you organize activities, you can weed out unimportant stuff and work more efficiently.” – Nick Bell
110. “You should never ever put yourself down. You are a work in progress; you will make mistakes.” – Robert Washington
111. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
112. “Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.” – Simone Biles
113. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” – Seth Godin
114. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
115. “Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally.” – David Frost
116. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
117. “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” – George Washington
118. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
119. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving one hundred ten percent all the time.” – Don Zimmer
120. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
Share these Positive Work Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
2. “Being positive in a negative situation is not naive, It's leadership.” – Ralph Watson
3. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
4. “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.” – Mary Kay Ash
5. “You've only got three choices, give up, give in or give it all you've got.” – Anonymous
6. “In any given moment, we have two options, to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
7. “It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.” – Carlton Fisk
8. “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.” – Thomas A. Edison
9. “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
11. “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't get very far until you change it.” – Anonymous
13. “I am not luck. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don't call me lucky. Call me a bad ass.” – Shonda Rhimes
14. “If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do.” – Zig Ziglar
16. “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” – Katherine Whitehorn
17. “Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.” – Robert H. Schuller
18. “Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” – Dave Willis
19. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
21. “Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.” – Steve Maraboli
22. “It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it.” – Tom Hanks
23. “You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen
24. “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwane Johnson
26. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
27. “You can only do your best, and if they can't appreciate that, it's their problem, not yours.” – Anonymous
28. “Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
29. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
More Motivational Quotes for Work
31. “Never hope for it more than you work for it.” – Rita Mae Brown
32. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
33. “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” – Albert Einstein
34. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferris
35. “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” – Frank Ocean
36. “What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. “You are always one decision away from a totally different life.” – Mark Batterson
38. “I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.” – Lou Holtz
39. “It will never be perfect. Make it work.” – Anonymous
40. “I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.” – Jon Stewart
41. “Be so good that they can't ignore you.” – Steve Martin
42. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey
43. “Sometimes we do get it wrong. But that's okay, It's the only way to figure out how to get it right.” – Anonymous
44. “Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.” – Vera Wang
45. “No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Turcois Ominek
46. “Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.” – George Lucas
47. “Success is not owned but rented. And that rent is due every day.” – Rory Vaden
48. “It's desire. That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education, not being born with hidden talents.” – Johnny Carson
49. “Successful people are not gifted, they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” – G. K. Nielson
50. “Excellence is never an accident, it is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.” – Anonymous
51. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E. E. Cummings
52. “Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.” – Michelle Obama
53. “A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.” – Anonymous
54. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.” – Anonymous
55. “It's a beautiful thing when a career and a passion comes together.” – Anonymous
56. “Show respect even to people who don't deserve it, not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.” – Dave Willis
57. “Stay an extra hour in the office and no one cares. Arrive 9:05 and everyone loses their minds.” – Anonymous
58. “Forget the mistake, remember the lesson.” – Anonymous
59. “Don't let little stupid things break your happiness.” – Anonymous
60. “Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
61. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer
62. “I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception.” – Anonymous
63. “Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.” – Anonymous
64. “Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.” – Joyce Meyer
65. “Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem.” – Jonathan Mead
66. “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Brad Montague
67. “A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” – Arthur Golden
68. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
69. “Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark.” – Jay Danzie
70. “Don't stop until you're proud.” – Anonymous
71. “Work harder than you did yesterday.” – Alexandra Elle Smith
72. “Tell me I can't, then watch me work twice as hard to prove you wrong.” – Anonymous
73. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
74. “If work isn’t fun, you’re not playing on the right team.” – Frank Sonnenberg
75. “They threw her to the wolves and she returned leading the pack.” – Anonymous
76. “Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.” – Zig Ziglar
77. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
78. “Don't wish for it, work for it.” – Anonymous
79. “Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
80. “If you can't do anything about it then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change.” – Tony Gaskins
81. “If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden
82. “You don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.” – Daniel Milstein
83. “You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.” – Confucius
84. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.” – Mohsin Jameel
85. “I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
86. “Almost every successful person begin with two beliefs, the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.” – David Brooks
87. “You may not be able to control every situation and it's outcome, but you can control your attitude and how you deal with it.” – Anonymous
88. “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” – Henry Ford
89. “Be stubborn about your goals, and flexible about your methods.” – Anonymous
90. “Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin
91. “Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek
92. “Make your program so long and so hard that the people who praise you will always seem to be talking about something very trivial in comparison to what you are really trying to do. Get a good start on it. Then you will be free to work. And, being free to work, you will have achieved the truest success and satisfaction.” – Henry Ford
93. “If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal.” – Anonymous
94. “Do it with passion or not at all.” – Rosa Nochette Carey
95. “I've worked in corporate environments for many years, and one thing that's clear is that there's no shortage of people knowing how to play the blame game.” – Jeanne Boschert
96. “Lack of planning your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.” – Bob Carter
97. “A direct result of delegation, outsourcing and automation is that many of us become dependent on others for our work. We become lazy and try to shrug off every little thing that needs to be done.” – Joe Martin
98. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” – Thomas Carlyle
99. “I'm not here to be average, I'm here to be awesome.” – Anonymous
100. “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
101. “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.” – Arthur Christopher Benson
102. “Don't let idiots ruin your day.” – Anonymous
103. “When you are inspired in your work, everything seems to fall into place.” – Wayne Dyer
104. “Laughter in the workplace leads to employees who are genuinely happy to go to work every day.” – Jeffrey Briar
105. “When you feel passionate about your work, you do not set rigid boundaries between work time and personal time, because the work itself is personal.” – Larry Smith
106. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan and guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
107. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham
108. “If you can't see yourself working on something monotonous for an extensive length of time, that is okay. Set a limit.” – Brian Karr
109. “When you organize activities, you can weed out unimportant stuff and work more efficiently.” – Nick Bell
110. “You should never ever put yourself down. You are a work in progress; you will make mistakes.” – Robert Washington
111. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
112. “Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.” – Simone Biles
113. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” – Seth Godin
114. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
115. “Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally.” – David Frost
116. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
117. “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” – George Washington
118. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
119. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving one hundred ten percent all the time.” – Don Zimmer
120. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
Share these Positive Work Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.