Best Inspirational Quotes For Work Success

Inspirational quotes help you to focus more on your work and craft your way to success.

If you are feeling low on motivation then this is the biggest collection of inspirations quotes to motivate you and your employees to take big strides in work.

These inspirational quotes have helped me to focus more on my work and achieve my goals.

Enjoy my comprehensive collection of the best inspirational quotes for work success. 

Best Inspirational Quotes

1. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
2. “Three rules of work: 1. Out of clutter, find simplicity. 2. From discord, find harmony. 3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
3.  “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
4. “Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity.” – Joseph Sugarman

1. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” – Thomas Carlyle
2. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
3. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
4. “Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” – Albert Einstein
5. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
6. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale
7. “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden
8.  “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Woltz

1. “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie
2. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
3. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
4. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” – Richard Branson
5. “You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don’t decide, others will decide for you.” – Tony Morgan
6. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
7.  “A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” – Mildred Struven
8. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves.” – Chanakya
9. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg

1. The secret of your success is making your vocation your vacation.” – Mark Twain
2. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Loius Stevenson
3. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombard
4. “If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.” – Ernest Hemingway

Motivational Quotes For Employees

1. “Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
2. “We are what we do repeatedly. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
3. “What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” – Simon Sinek

1. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell
2. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” – Confucius
3. “Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” – Kevin Kruse
4. “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” – Ayn Rand
5. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
6. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
7. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
8. “I choose a lazy person to do the job because a lazy person will find an easier way to do it.” – Bill Gates
9. “Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.” – Mary Kay Ash
10. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

1. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.” – Dale Carnegie
3. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” – Alexander Graham Bell
4. “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it” – Buddha
5. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out” – R. Collier
6. “Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.” – Patrick Suskind
7. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” –Theodore Roosevelt
8. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
9. “People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. It is as simple as that.” – Earl Nightingale
10. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
11. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
12. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

Famous Work Quotes

1. “Opportunities are usually disguise as hard work, so most people don’t recognise them.” – Ann Landers
2. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
3. “Successful people are not gifted; they just  Work Hard, and then succeed on purpose” – G.K Nelson
4. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
5. “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” – John F. Kennedy

1. “Everyone you will meet know something that you don’t.” – Bill Nye
2. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
3. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” – Ralph Martson
4. “Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard.” – Tim Notke
5. “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard for it” – Napolean Hill
6. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden
7. “The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.” – Mark Twain
8. “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you are today.” – Tim Fargo
9. “Great works are not performed by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
10. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

1. “Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.” – Robert Half
2. “Everyone has talent, but ability takes hard work.” – Michael Jordan
3. “I never lose, I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela
4. “To succeed you have to believe in something in such a passion that it becomes a reality.” – Anita Roddrick

1. “Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.” – Roy T Bennett
2. “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
3. “You can do everything if you have enthusiasm.” – Henry Ford
4. “Have the courage to follow your heart and nutrition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs
5. “Don’t overact the story of your name, overact the story of your work.” – Karl Lagerfeld
6. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F. Kennedy

Quotes About Work Ethic

1. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you go there.” – Bo Jackson
3. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” – Warren Buffet
4. “If ethics are poor at the top, that behaviour is copied down through the organization.” – Robert Noyce
5. “Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.” – Kliff Kingsbury
6. “Work ethics eliminates fear.” – Michael Jordan
7. “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart
8. “I have a work ethic. If I say I am going to do something, I do it.” – Viggo Mortensen
9. “A disorganized workspace means disorganized work ethics. A sloppy work environment equals sloppy results.” – Larry Winget
10. “Keep integrity and work ethic intact. So what if it means working a little harder; an honourable character is the best calling card, and that’s something anyone can have!.” – Kathy Ireland
11. “No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
12. “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” – C.S Lewis
13. “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.” – Kenneth Blanchard

1. “Professionalism shouldn’t be defined by a person’s paycheck, role or title. It should be defined by a person’s work ethic.”  – Janna Cachola
2. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” – Oprah Winfrey
3. “I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I’ve always had a sense of humour about myself.” – George Hamilton
4. “Living up to your commitments is part of business ethics. My word is my bond.” – Isadore Sharp F
5. “By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default.” – Richard Branson
6. “Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” – Margaret Thatcher
7. “How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.” – Yvon Chouinard
8. “Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” – Ryan Freitas
9. “There is no way to succeed in business without the highest ethical standards” – Jordan Belfort
10. “Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not an evolved concept.” – Simon Conway Morris
11. “Ethics are more important than laws.” – Wynton Marsalis
12. “Any tool can be used for good or bad. It’s really the ethics of the artist using it.” – John Knoll

Famous Hard Work Quotes

1. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” –George Herman Ruth
2.  “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison
3. “Hard work betrays none.” – Hachiman Hikigaya
4. “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” – G.K Nelson

1. “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.” –Michael Jordon
2. “Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” –Mary E. Pearson, The Fox Inheritance. 
3. “A dream doesn’t become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” –Colin Powell, American politician and general
4. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
5. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King, American author
6. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” –Ann Landers, American advice columnist
7. “No matter how hard you work, someone else is working harder.” – Elon Musk
8. “With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.” –Jennifer Lopez
9. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F. Kennedy
10. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean
11. “If you work hard enough and assert yourself, you can shape the world to your desires.” – Malcolm Gladwell
12. “It’s funny how the harder I work, the more successful I become.” – Jack Warner
13. “Hard work never brings fatigue, it brings satisfaction.” – Narendra Modi
14. “Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.” – David Oglivy
15. “Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell
16. “There is no elevator to success; you’ve to take the stairs.” –Zig Ziglar
17. “The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.” –Bill Clinton

1. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; its who is going to stop me.” –Ayn Rand
2. “Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare – and special – human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best.” -Robin Sharma
3. “Believe, hard work, love – you have those things, you can do anything.” –Mitch Albom
4. “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” –Barack Obama
5. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.” –Steve Jobs
6. “Nothing can beat hard work” – Conor McGregor
7. “Work is not man’s punishment. It’s his reward and his strength and his pleasure.” – George Sand
8. “Hard work without talent is a shame but talent without hard work is a tragedy.” – Robert Half
9. “If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault but if you don’t try and we lose, then its all your fault.” – Unknown

Funny Work Quotes

1. “Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isnt the work he’s supposed to be doing at that moment.” – Robert Benchley
2. “If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” – John Gotti

1. “If your works speaks for yourself, don’t interrupt.” – Henry Kaiser
2. “I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” – Charles Lamb
3. “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. Its called everybody, and thet meet at the bar.” – Drew Carey
4. “Going to work doesn’t make me happy, my paycheck does.” – Amjed M Ghawanmeh
5. “An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault.” – William Castle
6. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results – Albert Einstein
7. “No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early.” – Groucho Marx

1. “If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.” – Lane Kirkland
2. “Work is the greatest thing in the world. So we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” – Don Herold
3. “When a man tells you he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?” – Don Marquis
4. “I do not like work even when someone else does it.” – Mark Twain
5. “Sorry, I can’t go to work tomorrow. I fractured my motivation.” – Anonymous
6. “I don’t mind coming to work, but this eight hour wait to go home is ridiculous.” – Anonymous
7. “Tuesday is just Monday’s ugly sister.” – Anonymous
8. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
9. “If A equals success, then the formula is A=X+Y+Z. Where X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein
10. “Boss: Why are you late? Me: Someone told me to go to hell. I couldn’t find it at first. But now I’m here.” – Anonymous
11. “The day after Monday that reminds you that you still have four more days of not trying to slap a fellow coworker.” – Anonymous
12. “My boss told me to start the presentation with a joke. The first slide was my paycheck.” – Anonymous
13. “The first thing a new employee should do on the job is learn to recognize his boss’ voice on the phone.” – Martin Buxbaum
14. “Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.​” – Homer Simpson
15. “The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.”​ – Stanley J. Randall
16. “You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
17. “Due to current workload, the light at the end of tunnel will be turned off until further notice.” – Unknown
18. “It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
19. “Just once I’d like to wake up, turn on the news, and hear, “Monday had been cancelled”, and then go back to sleep.” – Unknown
20. “Sometimes the best part of my job is that the chair swivels.” –Unknown
21. “I’ve very lucky to work with people I think are funny and who really awesome human beings.” – Jillian Bell

Tuesday Motivational Work Quotes

1. “I hate how many people think “glass half-empty” when their glass is really four-fifths full. I’m grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
2. “Monday was good. Tuesday will be even better. Don’t give up. Keep at it.” – Anonymous
3. “No hand can make the clock to strike the hours that are gone. Use your time wisely this Tuesday.” – Anonymous
4. “Happy Tuesday! You gotta admit, at least it sounds better than ‘Happy Monday’.” – Jim Hunt
5. “Today will be a good Tuesday and this morning is going to be an awesome one!” – Anonymous

1. “Tuesday isn’t so bad…it’s a sign that I’ve somehow survived Monday.” – Anonymous
2. “Tuesday is my second favourite day of the week to put off everything until later in the week.” – Anonymous
3. “Tuesday is a terrific day because it means that I got through Monday.” – Anonymous
4. “A Happy Tuesday to strengthen faith, restore strength and restore dreams. For a full, restrained and blessed life under the anointing of God.”  – Unknown
5. “If you only do one thing with the knowledge of The Secret, use gratitude until it becomes your way of life.” – Tuesday Thoughts

1. “Tuesday is the affirmation that my goals are being moved another step forward.” – Byron Pulsifer
2. “There isn’t a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.”  – Anton Chekhov
3. “Think about the dreams you had last night to make your lazy Tuesday morning a beautiful one.” – Unknown

1. “The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and doesn’t stop until you get to the office.” – Robert Frost
2. “If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese
3. “When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best – that is inspiration.” – Robert Bresson
4. “Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.” – Alexander Woollcott
5. “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” – Isaac Asimov
6. “Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
7. “My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.” – Dave Barry
8. “People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The trouble is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams 
9. “It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” – Muhammad Ali
10. “If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” –Claude McDonald
11. “Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance.” – Edgar Bergen
12. “I will always choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” – Bill Gates
13. “I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” –Jerome K Jerome
14. “Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished.” –Leslie Nielson