Top 200 Inspirational Quotes for Work (2024 Update)

1. “There is no substitute for hard work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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2. “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

— Napoleon Hill

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3. “The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.”

— Walt Disney

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4. “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”

— Henry Ford

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5. “Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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6. “Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

— Henry Ford

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7. “Always deliver more than expected.”

— Larry Page

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8. “Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.”

— Tony Hsieh

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9. “Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.”

— Steve Jobs

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10. “To earn more, you must learn more.”

— Brian Tracy

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11. “People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”

— Elon Musk

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12. “The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

— Brian Tracy

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13. “Love what you do; Do what you love.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

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14. “You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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15. “The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.”

— John C. Maxwell

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16. “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.”

— Simon Sinek

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17. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.”

— Brian Tracy

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18. “While you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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19. “You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”

— Jim Rohn

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20. “Work harder than anybody you’ve ever seen. That’s what I believe.”

— Meek Mill

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21. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

— Pelé

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22. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

— John C. Maxwell

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23. “I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

— Zig Ziglar

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24. “People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

— Warren Buffett

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25. “If you don’t back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn’t mean a thing.”

— Michael Jordan

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26. “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”

— Simon Sinek

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27. “Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”

— John C. Maxwell

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28. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

— Colin Powell

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29. “Everything begins with an idea.”

— Earl Nightingale

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30. “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”

— John Wooden

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31. “To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.”

— Stephen R. Covey

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32. “Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”

— Simon Sinek

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33. “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

— Vince Lombardi

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34. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

— Stephen King

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35. “Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

— Stephen R. Covey

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36. “This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?”

— Zig Ziglar

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37. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”

— Earl Nightingale

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38. “Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.”

— Henry Ford

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39. “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them, “Certainly I can!”. Then get busy and find out how to do it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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40. “Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.”

— Steve Jobs

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41. “Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

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42. “Commit to “CAN I!” – Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.”

— Tony Robbins

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43. “To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.”

— Richard Branson

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44. “Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.”

— Brian Tracy

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45. “Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

— Patrick Lencioni

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46. “Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.”

— Denis Waitley

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47. “We don’t settle for anything less than excellence.”

— Steve Jobs

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48. “You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself. You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision. And you know that it is the right thing to do and success will come.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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49. “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

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50. “I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”

— Warren Buffett

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