Top 200 Inspirational Quotes for Work (2024 Update)
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151. “We’re not competitor obsessed, we’re customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards.”

— Jeff Bezos

152. “Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”

— Thomas A. Edison

153. “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.”

— C. S. Lewis

154. “Work hard. Think big. Listen well.”

— Ben Feldman

155. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

— Brian Tracy

156. “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”

— James C. Collins

157. “Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.”

— Sallie Krawcheck

158. “There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.”

— Jack Welch

159. “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

— Peter F. Drucker

160. “Customer service is not a department, it’s everyone’s job.”

— Kenneth H. Blanchard

161. “Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”

— Meg Whitman

162. “I’d rather be tired than broke!”

— Mark Cuban

163. “The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system’s weaknesses irrelevant.”

— Peter F. Drucker

164. “Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.”

— Nolan Bushnell

165. “Begin with praise and honest appreciation.”

— Dale Carnegie

166. “The price of success: hard work, patience, and a few sacrifices.”

— Edward Bok

167. “It is always cheaper to do the job right the first time.”

— Phil Crosby

168. “Quality is the best business plan.”

— John Lasseter

169. “A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.”

— Charles Erwin Wilson

170. “Success is best when it is shared.”

— Howard Schultz

171. “What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.”

— Margaret Thatcher

172. “It’s better to have a great team than a team of greats.”

— Simon Sinek

173. “Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.”

— Earl Nightingale

174. “The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers.”

— Richard Branson

175. “Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.”

— Richard Branson

176. “Succeeding in business is all about making connections.”

— Richard Branson

177. “Lead by listening – to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.”

— Richard Branson

178. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

— Steve Jobs

179. “Great leaders hire outstanding people, train them well, inspire them, and then get out of their way.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

180. “Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.”

— Stephen R. Covey

181. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

— Alexander Graham Bell

182. “Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.”

— Simon Sinek

183. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

184. “Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.”

— Brian Tracy

185. “Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”

— Patrick Lencioni

186. “The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them – preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.”

— Richard Branson

187. “Quality is pride of workmanship.”

— W. Edwards Deming

188. “Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

189. “Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.”

— Robin S. Sharma

190. “There is no “I” in “Team,” but there is an “E” for “Everyone.” A team achieves more when everyone contributes.”

— Robert Cheeke

191. “Always focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror.”

— Colin Powell

192. “If your business is to grow and prosper, as a leader, you need to focus on people development.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

193. “The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.”

— Tom Peters

194. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

195. “Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?”

— Richard Branson

196. “There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”

— Simon Sinek

197. “Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company’s ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities.”

— Bill Gates

198. “Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.”

— Simon Sinek

199. “Just start. Don’t wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.”

— Jacqueline Novogratz

200. “I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!”

— Jack Ma