Top 200 Quotes About Work (2025 Update)

1. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

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

— Thomas A. Edison

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3. “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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4. “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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5. “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

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6. “Pour your heart and soul into your business. People will notice.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

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7. “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”

— Richard Branson

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8. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

— Steve Jobs

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9. “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

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10. “Monday, I grind. Tuesday, I grind. Wednesday, I grind. Thursday, I grind. Friday, I grind. Saturday, I grind. Sunday, I grind. And, that’s why I’m here today.”

— Eric Thomas

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

— Elon Musk

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12. “Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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13. “If you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Passion Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

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

— Colin Powell

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15. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

— Henry Ford

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16. “Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of life’s greatest pleasures.”

— Richard Branson

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17. “Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.”

— Walt Disney

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18. “Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.”

— Simon Sinek

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19. “Work with integrity and succeed with integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

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20. “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

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21. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

— Steve Jobs

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22. “Nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.”

— Elon Musk

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23. “No great achievement is possible without persistent work.”

— Bertrand Russell

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24. “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

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25. “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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26. “Take good care of your employees, and they’ll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back.”

— J. Willard Marriott

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Positive Work Quotes, Thursday Motivational Quotes, Boss Quotes

27. “Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.”

— Richard Branson

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28. “Work faster, smarter and harder.”

— Larry Winget

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Hustle Quotes, Efficiency Quotes, Tuesday Work Quotes

29. “Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.”

— Rick Pitino

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30. “I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Effort Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

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

— Biz Stone

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32. “Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?”

— Brian Tracy

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33. “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.”

— Andrew Carnegie

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34. “The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”

— Steve Jobs

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35. “You are not your resume, you are your work.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Professional Growth Quotes

36. “We were created for meaningful work, and one of life’s greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.”

— John C. Maxwell

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37. “Anything can happen with hard work and dedication.”

— Jerry West

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Workout Quotes

38. “If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you’re going to reap the benefits.”

— Richard Sherman

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39. “If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won’t require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Engagement Quotes

40. “I’ve gotta breathe it, I’ve gotta eat it, I’ve gotta sleep it and until you get there you will never be successful in life. But once you get there I guarantee you, the world is yours. So work hard, and you can have whatever it is that you want.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Dedication Quotes

41. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”

— Richard Branson

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42. “Delegate – work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn’t depleted.”

— John C. Maxwell

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43. “Motivate them, train them, care about them and make winners out of them. We know if we treat our employees right, they’ll treat the customers right. And if customers are treated right, they’ll come back.”

— J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.

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44. “Set stretch goals. Don’t ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don’t sell yourself short by thinking that you’ll fail.”

— Jack Welch

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45. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

— Peter F. Drucker

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46. “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”

— Henry Ford

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47. “Details matter; it’s worth waiting to get it right.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Quality Quotes, Important Quotes

48. “Hire character. Train skill.”

— Peter Schutz

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49. “If you trust in yourself... and believe in your dreams... and follow your star... you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.”

— Terry Pratchett

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50. “All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Grit Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students