We all need a pick me up from time to time at work, I know I do!
Whether you’re searching for some creative idea, looking to get fired up to get that promotion, or just generally in need of a boost, here’s 23 of my favorite motivational quotes to help get you started:
1) “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.”
— Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland
2) “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 Schweitzer
3) “It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”
— Scott Belsky
4) “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
— Walt Disney
5) “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
— Julie Andrews
6) “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
— Tim Notke
7) “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”
— Chris Grosser
8) “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
— Thomas Jefferson
9) “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
— Sam Levenson
10) “The future depends on what you do today.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
11) “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”
— Frank Ocean
12) “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
— Vidal Sassoon
13) “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
— Wayne Gretzky
14) “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Peter Drucker
15) “Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.”
— Dianne Sawyer
16) “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
— John D. Rockefeller
17) “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
— Colin R. Davis
18) “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
— Albert Einstein
19) “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
20) “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
21) “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
22) “Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
— Muhammad Ali
23) “Just keep swimming.”
— Dory, Finding Nemo
James Waite
Founder of Remoteopia, James has worked in remote roles for 6 years. After a stint in recruitment, he now works as a director of website strategy in tech.