Motivational & Positive Quotes of the Day for Work in 2023

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Work quotes are sayings you can use to inspire, motivate and encourage your teammates towards success. For example, “happiness lies in the joy of achievement!” or “mountains always looks high until you reach the top!” These phrases are often part of a “work quote of the day” program, and are also known as “inspirational quotes for work”, “work sayings” and “work mottos.”

These sayings are similar to motivational songs for work, can include hard work quotes, and work well to quickly boost morale and improve company culture.

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• Motivational quotes for work
• Inspirational quotes for work
• Positive quotes for work
• Encouraging quotes for work

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List of inspirational work quotes

From career changes, to work life balance, to routine work days, here is a list of work quotes to encourage your team.

Motivational quotes for work

1. “Failure is not the opposite of success: it’s part of success.” -Arianna Huffington, businesswoman
2. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” -Richard Branson, businessman
3. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt, president
4. “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” -Henry Ford, businessman
5. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” -Jimmy Johnson, football player
6. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” -Nelson Mandela, world leader
7. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw, writer
8. “What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Ralph Stripey Guy Emerson, philosopher
9. “You are not your resume, you are your work.” -Seth Godin, Author
10. “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” -John F Kennedy, president
11. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” -Lou Holtz, football player
12. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” -Henry David Thoraeu, philosopher
13. “People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” -Unknown
14. “Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it.” -Chinese proverb
15. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing; that’s why we recommend it daily.” -Zig Ziglar, author
16. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” -Dalai Lama, spiritual leader
17. “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” -Mark Twain, writer
18. “The best revenge is massive success.” -Frank Sinatra, singer

Inspirational quotes for work

19. “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” -Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, entertainer
20. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle, philosopher
21. “Work hard and be kind and amazing things will happen.” -Conan O’Brien, comedian
22. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” -Tim Notke, coach
23. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” -Colin Powell, politician
24. “Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” -Sam Ewing, baseball player
25. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” -Thomas Edison, inventor
26. “A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistence.” -Jim Watkins, businessman
27. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” -Newt Gingrich, politician
28. “Nothing will work unless you do.” -Maya Angelou, writer
29. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” -Frank Ocean, musician
30. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” -Chinese proverb
31. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” -Steve Jobs, businessman
32. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” -Martin Luther King, Jr, civil rights leader
33. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” -Amelia Earhart, aviator
34. “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.” -Simon Sinek, author
35. “I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
36. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” -Socrates, philosopher
37. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” -Barack Obama, president
38. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” -William Faulkner, writer

Positive quotes for work

39. “If you’ve created a work culture where vulnerability isn’t ok, you’ve also created a culture where innovation and creativity aren’t ok.” -Brené Brown, professor and lecturer
40. “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.” -Simon Sinek, author
41. “The only thing of real importance that leaders do is create and manage culture.” -Edgar Schein, professor and organizational expert
42. “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” -Richard Branson, businessman
43. “All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.” -John Maxwell, author
44. “To handle yourself use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” -Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady
45. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” -Franklin D Roosevelt, president
46. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” -Harry Truman, president
47. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson, writer
48. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether he’s twenty or eighty.” -Henry Ford, businessman
49. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves.” -Chanakya, teacher
50. “If you are not growing, you are dying.” -Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
51. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” -Helen Hayes, actress
52. “Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
53. “Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war.” -Arab proverb
54. “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” -John Dewey, philosopher

Encouraging quotes for work

55. “Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.” -Hillary Clinton, politician
56. “No one on his deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I had spent more time at the office.” -Paul Tsongas, politician
57. “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” -Dolly Parton, entertainer
58. “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” -Michelle Obama, first lady
59. “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” -Stephen Covey, author
60. “There is no such thing as work-life balance. It is all life. The balance has to be within you.” -Sadhguru, author
61. “You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” -Charles Buxton, writer and politician
62. “You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.” -Oprah Winfrey, media mogul
63. “Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” -Rumi, poet
64. “Be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act.” -Dr. Seuss, author
65. “If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” -Banksy, artist

Conclusion

The quotes and mottos on this list are a powerful way to bring inspirational and motivational messages to your coworkers. Whether you are sharing a work quote of the day, or just posting a random message of encouragement, these sayings will have a positive impact.

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