Inspiring Employee Quotes to Ignite Your Passion and Drive

### Discover the Power of Words In the fast-paced world of work, motivation can sometimes wane. That's why we've curated a collection of **inspirational employee quotes** that serve as a reminder of the power of perseverance, teamwork, and hard work. These quotes from renowned figures will not only uplift your spirits but also encourage you to push through challenges and strive for excellence. ### A Source of Motivation Whether you're an employee looking for a boost or a leader seeking to inspire your team, these quotes will resonate with anyone who has ever faced obstacles in their career. From the wisdom of Helen Keller to the insights of Steve Jobs, each quote encapsulates the essence of determination and the importance of collaboration. ### Fuel Your Ambition Dive into this collection and let these words fuel your ambition. Remember, success is not just about reaching the destination; it's about the journey and the lessons learned along the way. Embrace these quotes, share them with your colleagues, and watch as they transform your workplace into a hub of inspiration and motivation.

Wisdom from the Masters

"Positivity always wins…Always."

- Gary Vaynerchuk

Positivity

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

Optimism

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow."

- Helen Keller

Positivity

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

- Zig Ziglar

Positivity

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Belief in Self

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

- Arthur Ashe

Motivation

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

Aspirations

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard."

- Tim Notke

Hard Work

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

- African Proverb

Teamwork

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit."

- Harry S. Truman

Teamwork

"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you."

- Stephen Covey

Motivation

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

- Colin Powell

Hard Work

"No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work."

- Jonathan Sack

Hard Work

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

- Walt Disney

Motivation

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

- Calvin Coolidge

Hard Work

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

Success

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

- Vidal Sassoon

Hard Work

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

Success

"A boat doesn’t go forward if each one is rowing their own way."

- Proverb

Teamwork

"If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Motivation

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

Success

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."

- Steve Jobs

Motivation

"If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there."

- Joyce Chapman

Hard Work

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

Success

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

- Jimmy Johnson

Success

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

Motivation

"Life is about making an impact, not making an income."

- Kevin Kruse

Success

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

- Rosalynn Carter

Leadership

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

- Napoleon Hill

Success

"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Motivation

"Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard."

- George Lucas

Hard Work

"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

- Robert Hall

Hard Work

"It’s not about money or connection — it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone."

- Mark Cuban

Hard Work

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is hard work."

- Stephen King

Hard Work

"Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything."

- Patrick Suskind

Hard Work

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

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect."

- Luther Campbell

Hard Work

"Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there."

- Haile Gebrselassie

Hard Work

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

- Dale Carnegie

Happiness

"Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- Saint Francis

Motivation

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience

"When I meet successful people, I ask about 100 questions to find out who they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people."

- Kiana To

Success

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership

"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."

- Nathaniel Branden

Self-esteem

"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."

- Max DePree

Growth

"All employees have an innate desire to contribute to something bigger than themselves."

- Jag Randhawa

Teamwork

"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."

- Hasidic Proverb

Self-confidence

"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."

- Harvey Mackay

Leadership

"Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners."

- Fred Allen

Teamwork

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."

- Michael Jordan

Teamwork

"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."

- Angela Ahrendts

Leadership

"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."

- Stanley McChrystal

Leadership

"Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect."

- Meghan M. Biro

Respect

"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

- Jack Welch

Leadership

"Culture is about performance, and making people feel good about how they contribute to the whole."

- Tracy Streckenbach

Teamwork

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

Motivation

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."

- Arnold Glasow

Leadership

"Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company."

- Zig Ziglar

Leadership

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership

"Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you."

- Margaret Thatcher

Leadership

"A single leaf working alone provides no shade."

- Chuck Page

Teamwork

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

- Ryunosuke Satoro

Teamwork

"It doesn’t take strength to win. It takes the true heart of the team to win."

- Emily Voyles

Teamwork

"It is not a question of how well each process works; the question is how well they all work together."

- Lloyd Dobens

Teamwork

"Synergy — the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously."

- Mark Twain

Teamwork

"Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it."

- Brian Tracy

Teamwork

"Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions."

- Paulo Coelho

Teamwork

"The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side."

- Margaret Carty

Teamwork

"Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation."

- Doris Kearns Goodwin

Leadership

"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work—and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."

- Lucille Ball

Hard Work

"Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done."

- Robin S. Sharma

Hard Work

"When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute."

- Simon Sinek

Leadership

"Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity and meaning in their job."

- Scott and Kelly Blanchard

Leadership

"Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management."

- Eraldo Banovac

Leadership

"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret."

- Mary Kay Ash

Leadership

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value."

- Albert Einstein

Leadership

"Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that."

- Herb Kelleher

Leadership

"The employer generally gets the employees he deserves."

- J. Paul Getty

Leadership

"People want to know they matter, and they want to be treated as people. That’s the new talent contract."

- Pamela Stroko

Leadership

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Leadership

"Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways."

- Bob Nelson

Leadership

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent."

- Douglas MacArthur

Leadership

"People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition."

- Bob Nelson

Leadership

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

- Abraham Lincoln

Leadership

"The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only, which is ‘people.’"

- Komil Toume

Leadership

"If you don’t create a great, rewarding place for people to work, they won’t do great work."

- Ari Weinzweig

Leadership

"Employees aren't just workers, they're the backbone of business and that makes them more important than the boss any day of the week. Good Employees = Good Business."

- Kilroy J. Oldster

Leadership

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

- Joshua J. Marine

Adversity

"Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart."

- Roy T. Bennett

Courage

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

- Winston Churchill

Courage

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

- Mark Cuban

Vision

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

Hard Work

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

Belief in Self

"Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much."

- Helen Keller

Teamwork

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

- Oprah Winfrey

Resilience

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

- Henry Ford

Teamwork

"How wonderful it is that nobody needs wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

- Anne Frank

Inspiration

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

- Alice Morse Earle

Optimism

"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

Success

"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."

- Harvey S. Firestone

Empowerment

"Dreams don’t work unless you do."

- John C. Maxwell

Aspirations

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

Education

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

- Leonardo da Vinci

Inspiration

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

- Helen Keller

Teamwork

"Teamwork makes the dream work."

- John C. Maxwell

Teamwork

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."

- Henry Ford

Teamwork

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

- Phil Jackson

Teamwork

"Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved."

- Mattie Stepanek

Teamwork

"None of us is as smart as all of us."

- Ken Blanchard

Teamwork

"It takes two flints to make a fire."

- Louisa May Alcott

Teamwork

"Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people."

- Steve Jobs

Teamwork

"The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison."

- James Cash Penney

Teamwork

"Feedback is the breakfast of champions."

- Ken Blanchard

Courage

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own."

- Benjamin Disraeli

Compassion

"It’s not about the number of hours you put in, but rather what you put into those hours."

- Simon Sinek

Productivity

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

- Confucius

Perseverance

"Make each day your masterpiece."

- John Wooden

Personal Growth

"The future depends on what you do today."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Future

"Excellence is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

Achievement

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

- Robert Collier

Success

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

- Aristotle

Success

"Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there."

- Bo Jackson

Goals

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

- Sam Levenson

Time Management

"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."

- Colin R. Davis

Success

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

Overcoming Obstacles

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."

- Mark Zuckerberg

Taking Risks

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

- Helen Keller

Courage

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."

- Anaïs Nin

Courage

"Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are."

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Personal Growth

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass but learning to dance in the rain."

- Vivian Greene

Resilience

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."

- Sarah Louise Delany

Contentment

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Transformation

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

- Robert Schuller

Resilience

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

Courage

"Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased."

- Joel Osteen

Hope

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand."

- Oprah Winfrey

Adaptation

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

- Napoleon Hill

Courage

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."

- Pelé

Success

"There is no substitute for hard work."

- Thomas A. Edison

Hard Work

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

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Belief in Self

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

- Steve Jobs

Leadership

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

- Albert Einstein

Creativity

"Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

- Albert Szent-Györgyi

Creativity

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

- Arthur C. Clarke

Overcoming Obstacles

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

- Jim Rohn

Taking Risks

"Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way."

- Tom Freston

Creativity

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

- Paulo Coelho

Influence

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

- Socrates

Change

"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one."

- Oscar Wilde

Well-being

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

- Voltaire

Compassion

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

- WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

Gratitude

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary."

- Margaret Cousins

Gratitude

"People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise, and rewards."

- Dale Carnegie

Motivation

"Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts."

- Alan Cohen

Gratitude

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

- Dalai Lama

Gratitude

"It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it."

- Lou Holtz

Overcoming Obstacles

"Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise."

- Sam Walton

Gratitude

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."

- Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude

"The speed of the boss is the speed of the team."

- Lee Iacocca

Leadership

"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

Leadership

"Accountability separates the wishers from the action-takers that care enough about their future to account for their daily actions."

- John Di Lemme

Responsibility

"Empowerment is the key to a fulfilling life. The greatest empowerment is the realization of one’s own power."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Empowerment

"Accountability breeds responsibility."

- Stephen R. Covey

Responsibility

"If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time."

- Patrick Lencioni

Teamwork

"Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have."

- Pat Summitt

Leadership

"When you take ownership of your own actions, you hold the key to your future."

- Allan Lokos

Responsibility

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

- Zig Ziglar

Belief in Self

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

- Scott Hamilton

Overcoming Obstacles

"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

Overcoming Obstacles

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

- Oprah Winfrey

Change

"Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

Motivation

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

- Winston Churchill

Positivity

"Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude."

- Ralph Marston

Motivation

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

- Albert Pujols

Happiness

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."

- Brian Herbert

Learning

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

- B.B. King

Education

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

- Albert Einstein

Learning

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."

- Abigail Adams

Learning

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."

- Anthony J. D’Angelo

Learning

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

- Dr. Seuss

Learning

"Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers."

- Stephen R. Covey

Leadership

"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."

- Jim Rohn

Education

"You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed. You’re not gonna succeed all the time and I know that."

- LeBron James

Courage

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself."

- Warren Buffett

Self-improvement

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."

- Wayne Gretzky

Taking Risks

"To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace."

- Doug Conant

Teamwork

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

- Aristotle

Achievement

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

- Molière

Courage

"Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly, you’re doing the impossible."

- Francis of Assisi

Overcoming Obstacles

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them."

- George Bernard Shaw

Overcoming Obstacles

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Courage

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

- Pablo Picasso

Success

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

- Robert Collier

Success

"With confidence, you have won before you have started."

- Marcus Garvey

Belief in Self

"Self—confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings."

- Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence

"You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserves your love and affection."

- Buddha

Self-esteem

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

- Helen Keller

Courage

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

- Albert Einstein

Change

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."

- Margaret Thatcher

Hard Work

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."

- Pele

Success

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

Hard Work

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work."

- Oprah Winfrey

Goals

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work."

- Stephen King

Hard Work

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive."

- Robert H. Schuller

Goals

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

- Albert Einstein

Goals

"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement."

- Brian Tracy

Achievement

"Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit — the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well—being."

- Greg Anderson

Health

"Happiness is the highest form of health."

- Dalai Lama

Health

"Fixed mindset makes you concerned with how you’ll be judged; the growth mindset makes you concerned with improving."

- Carol S. Dweck

Mindfulness

"The mind is just like a muscle — the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand."

- Idowu Koyenikan

Mindfulness

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

- Chinese Proverb

Growth

"Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting."

- Larry Page

Hard Work

"Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are."

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Personal Growth

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

- Henry Ford

Focus

"We are what we repeatedly do."

- Aristotle

Personal Growth

"Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it."

- Simone Biles

Motivation

"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."

- Joyce Brothers

Belief in Self

"Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it."

- Heather Morgan

Health

"Our bodies are our gardens — our wills are our gardeners."

- William Shakespeare

Health

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Self-esteem

"If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

- Vincent van Gogh

Self-confidence

"Experience tells you what to do. Confidence allows you to do it."

- Stan Smith

Self-confidence

"The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital."

- Mark Hyman

Health

"Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own."

- Michelle Obama

Self-awareness

"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong."

- Peter T. McIntyre

Self-confidence

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges."

- Bryant McGill

Mindfulness

"Rest and be thankful."

- William Wordsworth

Gratitude

"Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams."

- Donovan Bailey

Aspirations

"Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled."

- Anne M. Mulcahy

Compassion

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all."

- Sam Ewing

Hard Work

"Your number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last."

- Ian Hutchinson

Leadership

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach."

- Benjamin E. Mays

Goals

"People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals—that is, goals that do not inspire them."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life."

- William Londen

Health

"Act as if it was, and it will be."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Motivation

"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit."

- Banksy

Resilience

"Getting the right people and the right chemistry is more important than the right idea."

- Ed Catmull

Teamwork

"Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally."

- David Frost

Success

"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door."

- Milton Berle

Ambition

"Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

- Hermann Hesse

Inner Peace

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito."

- Anita Roddick

Empowerment

"Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language."

- Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

Mindfulness

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

Productivity

"Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective."

- Doe Zantamata

Self-care

"I think it’s important to try to be present with whatever it is you’re doing. And if you can’t be present, take a break."

- Emily Giffin

Balance

"No time for your health today, no health for your time tomorrow."

- Thibaut

Health

"Almost everything will work if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you."

- Anne Lamott

Self-care

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."

- Roald Dahl

Balance

"The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."

- Robert Tew

Strength

Bite-sized Inspirational Quotes

"I've always had a great work ethic, even when I was washing dishes."

Hard Work

"You are capable of more than you know."

- Unknown

Empowerment

"A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you."

Empowerment

"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

Integrity

"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right."

Belief

"You’ve got this, keep pushing forward."

Motivation

"Work hard. Dream big."

Hard Work

"Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."

Motivation

"The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it."

Hard Work

"You’ve got the passion, the drive, now unleash it."

Motivation

"Dare to dream big."

Aspirations

"Stay focused and never give up."

Perseverance

"Believe in your abilities."

Belief in Self

"Strive for progress, not perfection."

Personal Growth

"Keep moving forward."

Perseverance

"Ownership is not a matter of holding things but a matter of holding on to things."

Responsibility

"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."

- Unknown

Perseverance

"Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."

Resilience

"Do not wait for opportunity. Create it."

Taking Risks

"Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations."

Adversity