Top 200 Professional Growth Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes

2. “If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Growth Quotes, Tuesday Motivational Quotes

3. “If you're a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Friday Quotes for Work, Growth Mindset Quotes

4. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jim Rohn

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

5. “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

6. “Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

7. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Failure Quotes

8. “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

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Learning Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

9. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Time Quotes

10. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes

11. “Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Personal Development Quotes

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

13. “Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Wealth Quotes

14. “Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

15. “To be successful, you must be willing to do the things today others won’t do in order to have the things tomorrow others won’t have.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

16. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Coaching Quotes

17. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

18. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

— Bill Gates

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Learning Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Work Quotes

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

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Empowering Quotes

20. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

21. “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

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

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

23. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

24. “A leader who produces other leaders multiplies their influence.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Monday Quotes

25. “Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

26. “Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Empowering Quotes

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

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Action Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Empowering Quotes

28. “Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Monday Quotes

29. “A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes About Life, Quotes About Numbers

30. “Remember anything you want that’s valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

31. “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”

— Harvey MacKay

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Motivational Quotes

32. “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

33. “Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Financial Success Quotes

34. “Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Positive Life Quotes, Coaching Quotes

35. “You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Impact Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

36. “Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Meaningful Quotes

37. “Do what others refuse to do.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Wealth Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

38. “If we are growing, we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes

39. “It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Coaching Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes

40. “Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Learning Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Effort Quotes

41. “One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Career Development Quotes

42. “Most people only work enough so that it feels like work, whereas successful people work at a pace that gets such satisfying results that work is a reward. Truly successful people don’t even call it work; for them, it’s a passion. Why? Because they do enough to win!”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

43. “Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Vision Quotes

44. “The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Impact Quotes

45. “Coaching is unlocking people’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”

— John Whitmore

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes

46. “The most important question to ask on the job is not ‘What am I getting?’ The most important question to ask on the job is ‘What am I becoming?’”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes

47. “If you focus on goals, you may hit goals – but that doesn’t guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes

48. “I’ve seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that’s why I force myself to sit at the table, even when I am not sure I belong there – and yes, this still happens to me. And when I’m not sure anyone wants my opinion, I take a deep breath and speak up anyway.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women

49. “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”

— Madam C. J. Walker

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Hustle Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

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

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Positive Work Quotes