100+ Famous Office Quotes to Inspire & Motivate Your Workday

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“True leadership stems from individuality that is constantly maintained and never compromised.” – Satya Nadella

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” – Peter Drucker

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasow

“Leaders think and act in the present, with an eye to the future.” – Bill Gates

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker

“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.” – Ann Landers

“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Don’t confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but doesn’t make any progress.” – Alfred Montapert

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

“Excellence is never an accident. It’s always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution.” – Arianna Huffington

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.” – Anonymous

“I’m not procrastinating. I’m just living in the moment.” – Anonymous

“I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.” – Anonymous

“My boss told me to have a good day, so I went home.” – Anonymous

“If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.” – Anonymous

“I’m not late. Everyone else is just early.” – Anonymous

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams

“Office politics: Where incompetence meets ambition.” – Anonymous

“I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.” – Anonymous

“The meeting could have been an email.” – Anonymous

“I don’t need therapy. I just need a raise.” – Anonymous

“I didn’t lose my mind. I sold it to pay for coffee.” – Anonymous

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard

“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence.” – Mike Schmoker

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work.” – Vince Lombardi

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford

“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek

“Collaboration is the best way to turn ideas into impact.” – Simon Sinek

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

“Time isn’t precious because it’s scarce. It’s precious because it’s irreversible.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen R. Covey

“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” – Charles Buxton

“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

“Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.” – Lord Chesterfield

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Althsuler

“One hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Plan your work, and work your plan.” – Napoleon Hill

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

“The creative adult is the child who survived.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.” – John Dewey

“To innovate, you must fail.” – Elon Musk

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde

“We are all born creative. But over time, many of us learn to stifle it.” – Sir Ken Robinson

“Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.” – Steve Jobs

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Clarity brings confidence.” – Robin Sharma

“Communication works for those who work at it.” – John Powell

“The art of communication is the language of leadership.” – James Humes

“Clear thinking becomes clear speaking.” – Bryan Chapell

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“When words are few, they are seldom spent in vain.” – William Cowper

“Communication is the solvent of all problems.” – Peter F. Drucker

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker

“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” – Cheryl Strayed

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” – Rudyard Kipling

“Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

“Scars are tattoos with better stories.” – Anonymous

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” – African Proverb

“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” – Haruki Murakami

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” – Albert Hubbard

“Your career is a journey, not a destination.” – Brian Tracy

“Invest in your personal growth. It pays the highest interest.” – Warren Buffett

“The only way to grow is to step outside your comfort zone.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Unknown

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

“Growth begins when we accept our weaknesses.” – Nathaniel Branden

“Personal development is the foundation of professional success.” – Jim Rohn

“Be obsessed with improvement, not perfection.” – Unknown

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar

“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

“The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi