Motivational Quotes for the Workplace

Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.

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

Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

You don't lead by pointing and commanding. You lead by going alongside people.

True leadership stems from personal integrity.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; it is defined by results.

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.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

To lead people, walk beside them. To lead yourself, walk ahead.

A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Collaboration allows us to know more than we are capable of knowing by ourselves.

Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.

Unity is strength. When there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

The future depends on what you do today.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Dream big. Start small. Act now.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'

Strength does not come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The creative adult is the child who survived.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

To innovate, you must play. To play, you must be free.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Creativity takes courage.

Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.

Think different.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Willpower is the single most important key to success.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power.

Distractions are the enemy of progress.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

Done is better than perfect.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The capacity to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Growth begins where comfort ends.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make.

Knowledge is power.

Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for staying relevant.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Rest and be thankful.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.

Balance is not something you find, it's something you create.

Take time to do what makes your soul happy.

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Recharge. Reflect. Return stronger.

Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the hero within us is revealed.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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

Turn your obstacles into opportunities.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.