Top 200 Motivational Work Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”

— Jim Rohn

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2. “Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

— John C. Maxwell

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3. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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4. “There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes, Mind Quotes

5. “Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.”

— Ralph Marston

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6. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”

— David Goggins

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7. “It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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8. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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9. “You will never ever be successful, until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes

10. “Stop being average. You’re not even good. You were born to be great.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Confidence Quotes

11. “In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”

— Les Brown

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12. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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13. “Success is something you attract by the person you become.”

— Jim Rohn

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14. “Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.”

— Jim Rohn

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15. “Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals that you want to achieve and on finding ways to achieve those goals.”

— Napoleon Hill

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16. “Success is never on discount. Greatness is never on sale. Greatness is never half off. It’s all or nothing. It’s all day, every day. Greatness is never on discount.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

17. “If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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18. “Your most valuable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.”

— Brian Tracy

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19. “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.”

— Jillian Michaels

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20. “You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you!”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

21. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Goal Quotes, Empowering Quotes

22. “Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision.”

— Myles Munroe

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23. “Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself is, ‘Are all the disciplines that I’m currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?’”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Goal Setting Quotes

24. “Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

25. “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 Holtz

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26. “When you absolutely believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing will stop you.”

— Brian Tracy

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27. “No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.”

— Les Brown

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28. “You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!”

— Eric Thomas

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29. “Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.”

— Brian Tracy

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30. “The key of success is for you to set one big, challenging goal and then to pay any price, overcome any obstacle and persist through any difficulty until you finally achieve it.”

— Brian Tracy

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31. “There’s always a way – if you’re committed.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Positive Motivation Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Commitment Quotes

32. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

— Jim Rohn

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33. “Always deliver more than expected.”

— Larry Page

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34. “Innovation is the only way to win.”

— Steve Jobs

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35. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Education Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

36. “Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.”

— Mark Cuban

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37. “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

— Henry Ford

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38. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

— Woody Allen

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39. “Starve your distractions, feed your focus.”

— Anonymous

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40. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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41. “Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.”

— Steve Jobs

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42. “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”

— Elon Musk

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43. “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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44. “We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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45. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

— Jim Rohn

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46. “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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47. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

— Henry Ford

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48. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

— Biz Stone

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49. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— John C. Maxwell

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