100+ Wednesday Inspirational Work Quotes to Boost Your Midweek Motivation

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

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

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The best way to get something done is to begin.” – Mark Twain

“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

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

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

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

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

“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie

“Small daily improvements lead to stunning results.” – Robin Sharma

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

“Energy flows where attention goes.” – Tony Robbins

“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn

“Your limitation—it's only your imagination.” – Unknown

“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown

“Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Unknown

“Dream it. Believe it. Build it.” – Unknown

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

“Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it.” – Unknown

“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” – Unknown

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

“The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Unknown

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“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 giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” – Seth Godin

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

“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

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

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

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” – John C. Maxwell

“To lead people, walk beside them.” – Lao Tzu

“Leaders think and act ethically. They know that doing the right thing often means doing the hard thing.” – Rob Liano

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” – Leroy Eims

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

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

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

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

“Scars are tattoos with better stories.” – Unknown

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Resilience is rising from each fall with a deeper understanding of life.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

“Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted.” – Christine Caine

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult

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

“The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.” – Carol S. Dweck

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

“Mistakes are proof that you are trying.” – Unknown

“The moment you're afraid to do something, that's the moment you need to do it.” – Anonymous

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – John F. Kennedy

“Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work.” – Usain Bolt

“I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey

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

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King

“Growth begins when we accept our weaknesses and commit to overcoming them.” – Unknown

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Aesop

“Feeling grateful and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Cicero

“Say thank you. It’s the least we can do, and yet so powerful.” – Unknown

“Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say.” – Alice Walker

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Tony Robbins

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.” – Melody Beattie

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso

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

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

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.” – Georgia O'Keeffe

“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” – Edwin Land

“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.” – Neil Gaiman

“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Art challenges technology; technology inspires the art.” – John Lasseter

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol

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

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

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.” – Margaret Carty

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

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott

“Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective.” – Doe Zantamata

“You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” – Unknown

“Rest and be thankful.” – William Wordsworth

“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.” – Jana Kingsford

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” – Sydney J. Harris

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” – Lalah Delia

“Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.” – Unknown

“Don’t burn the candle at both ends. It will only give you a headache and you still won’t have enough light.” – Catherine Pulsifer

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort.” – Jillian Michaels

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn