Motivational quotes

Motivational quotes for employees

1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ―Aristotle
2. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” - R. Collier
3. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
4. “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” – Zig Zigler
5. “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” - Lucius Seneca
6. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
7. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
8. "Coming together is a beginning... Keeping together is progress... Working together is a success." - Henry Ford
9. "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill
10. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Einstein

Motivational quotes for work

1. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr
2. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ― Oscar Wilde
3. “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” ―Benjamin Hardy
4. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” ― Henry Ford
5. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ― Maya Angelou
6. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney Company
7. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” ― Steve Jobs
8. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” — Jamie Paolinetti
9. "Ordinary people can choose to be extraordinary." — Elon Musk
10. "We must all learn not only not to fear change but to embrace it enthusiastically and, perhaps even more important, encourage and drive it." — Tony Hsieh

Quote of the day for work

1. "Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." — Lou Holtz
2. "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship don't ask what seat! Just get on." — Sheryl Sandberg
3. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." — Socrates
4. “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” — Winston Churchill
5. "Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be." — Zig Ziglar
6. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us get up and go to work.“ — Stephen King
7. "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." — Michael Jordan
8. "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." — Martin Luther King Jr.
9. “First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.” — Marie Curie
10. "If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.” — Ernest Hemingway

Short motivational quotes

1. “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” — Henry Ford
2. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Dr. Robert Schuller
3. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be” — Lao Tzu
4. "Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn
5. “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” — Benjamin Franklin
6. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
7. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” — Helen Hayes
8. “Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.” — Fred Allen
9. “Make each day your masterpiece.” — John Wooden
10. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

Business motivational quotes

1. “Play by the rules, but be ferocious.” ― Phil Knight
2. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." ― Winston S. Churchill.
3. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
4. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein
5. “Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” ― Tim Cook
6. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” ― Estée Lauder
7. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” ― Walt Disney
8. “Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.” ― Oprah Winfrey
9. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly, who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
10. "No man can become rich without himself enriching others." ― Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational motivational quotes

1. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle
3.  “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale
4. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” — Coco Chanel
5. "Your focus determines your reality." — George Lucas
6. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
7. "Energy and persistence conquer all things." — Benjamin Franklin
8. "Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you." — George Whitefield
9. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” — Zig Ziglar
10. "Every now and then it’s good to stop climbing and appreciate the view from right where you are." — Lori Deschene

Famous motivational quotes

1. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ― Jack Welch
2. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." ― Walt Disney
3. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ― Aristotle
4. "Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.” ― Grace Coddington
5. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ― Earl Nightingale
6. "It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see." ― Henry David Thoreau
7. "Action is the foundational key to all success." ― Pablo Picasso
8. "Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn." ― John C. Maxwell
9. "The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday." ― Matty Mullens
10. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

Motivational quotes from books

1. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
2. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” ― Zig Ziglar
3. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli
4. “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
5. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects
6. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
8. “I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.” ― Isaac Asimov
9. “Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” ― Jim Rohn
10. “Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” ― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Motivational quotes for women

1. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama
2. “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” — Mindy Kaling
3. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” — Serena Williams
4. “Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
5. “Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” — Coco Chanel
6. “My best successes came on the heels of failure.” — Barbara Corcoran
7. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” — Sarah Blakely
8. “Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” — Martha Stewart
9. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” — Audrey Hepburn
10. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder

Best motivational quotes

1. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” — Mark Twain
2. "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." — Samuel Beckett
3. "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." — Helen Keller
4. "It always seems impossible until it's done." — Nelson Mandela
5. "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll
6. "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." — Elon Musk
7. “You will succeed because most people are lazy.” — Shahir Zag
8. “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
9. “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” — Ruth Gordo
10. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ― Abraham Lincoln

Deep meaning motivational quotes

1. “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” — Thomas Edison
2. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." — Confucius
3. “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” — Seth Godin
4. "We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves." ― Bruce Lee
5. “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” — Seth Godin
6. “Take action. An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention” — Steve Maraboli
7. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great” — John D. Rockefeller
8. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” — Wayne Gretzky
9. "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 
10. "The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible." — Arthur C. Clarke