Top 150 Performance Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Stay focused, ignore the distractions, and you will accomplish your goals much faster.”

— Joel Osteen

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

2. “Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

3. “There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”

— Colin Powell

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Quotes for Success

4. “No, I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Business Quotes

5. “There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tonnes.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

6. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes

7. “Repetition is the mother of skill.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Winning Quotes

8. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

9. “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

10. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Attitude Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

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

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes

12. “Discipline equals freedom.”

— Jocko Willink

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

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

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Failure Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

14. “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Work Quotes, Quotes About Work

15. “Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift, and steady.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Learning Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Dedication Quotes

16. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

17. “Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it’s never really over until the whistle blows.”

— Alex Morgan

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes

18. “I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and thrown thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Funny Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

19. “Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

20. “The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Effort Quotes

21. “It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Effort Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Practice Quotes

22. “Work hard at work worth doing.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes

23. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

24. “Don’t settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Personality Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes

25. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes, Poetry Quotes

26. “Give me 100 percent. You can’t make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don’t have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that’s what I want from you right now.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Effort Quotes

27. “I’ve learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we’ll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Dedication Quotes

28. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

— Gary Player

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Work Ethic Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Quotes About Trying

29. “I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.”

— Ayrton Senna

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Winning Quotes

30. “If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.”

— Earl Nightingale

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Study Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

31. “I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Winning Quotes

32. “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”

— Donald Knuth

Also featured in: Programming Quotes, IT Quotes, Engineering Quotes

33. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Competition Quotes

34. “The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

35. “Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Inspirational Business Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes

36. “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Impact Quotes, Empowering Quotes

37. “I’ve never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.”

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Winning Quotes, Ambition Quotes

38. “Your life only gets better when you get better, and you can improve yourself without limit. Learn something new every day.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Learning Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

39. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Coaching Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

40. “The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

41. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.”

— Jack Welch

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Competition Quotes

42. “Music is the strongest form of magic.”

— Marilyn Manson

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Artist Quotes, Short Deep Quotes

43. “If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.”

— Katy Perry

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Boldness Quotes

44. “Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Action Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

45. “What gets measured gets improved.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Famous Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

46. “There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher.”

— Usain Bolt

Also featured in: Strong Quotes, Sports Quotes

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

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Effort Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

48. “Knowledge isn’t power, applied knowledge is power.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes

49. “Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically take over.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Hard Hitting Quotes, Fighting Quotes

50. “I’m cocky in prediction, I’m confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes