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A collection of motivational quotes to keep you inspired this Wednesday at work from past, present, famous, and unknown authors.
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
"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
"Opportunities don't happen, you create them." - Chris Grosser
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson
"Success is not in what you have, but who you are." - Bo Bennett
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
"Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference." - Unknown
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you're doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
"Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life; it's about what you inspire others to do." - Unknown
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vidal Sassoon
"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
"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"Opportunities don't happen. You create them." - Chris Grosser
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you." - Zig Ziglar
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." - Ray Goforth
"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite." - G.K. Chesterton
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." - Napoleon Hill
"If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission." - Anonymous
"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." - John Wooden
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." - Anonymous
"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." - Jim Rohn
"Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain." - Anonymous
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life--think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." - Swami Vivekananda
"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
"Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them." - Anonymous
"If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got." - Anonymous
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly." - Proverb
"Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy." - Anonymous
"Whenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them." - Vaibhav Shah
"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." - Albert Einstein
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them." - Ann Landers
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." - Beverly Sills
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." - Tim Notke
"The future depends on what you do today." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come." - Dwayne Johnson
"Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better." - Jim Rohn
"Initiative is doing the right things without being told." - Elbert Hubbard
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Confucius
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson
"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it." - Mother Teresa
"The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it." - Unknown
"The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately." - Unknown
"The harder I work, the luckier I get." - Gary Player
"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results." - James Allen
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis
"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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks." - Elbert Hubbard
"It is not enough to be busy… The question is: what are we busy about?" - Henry David Thoreau
"Success only comes to those who dare to attempt." - Mallika Tripathi
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." - George Lorimer
"Work hard in silence, let your success make the noise." - Frank Ocean
"Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus." - Helen Hanson
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work." - Harry Golden
"Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen." - Conan O'Brien
"Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile." - Gary Ryan Blair
"Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - Francis of Assisi
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible." - Joel Brown
"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
"Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life." - Confucius
"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds." - Gordon B. Hinckley
"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results." - James Allen
"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." - Steve Jobs
"Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day." - George Allen, Sr.
"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali
"The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest." - Deepika Padukone
"Love what you do and do what you love. Passion is the key that opens the door to joy and abundance." - David Cuschieri
"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy." - Robert Half
"Work hard in silence, let success be your noise." - Frank Ocean
"Work to become, not to acquire." - Elbert Hubbard
"Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work." - Joseph Barbara
"A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work." - Colin Powell
"Without labor nothing prospers." - Sophocles
"Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits." - Anonymous
"Find joy in everything you choose to do." - Chuck Palahniuk
"There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison
"Work until your idols become your rivals." - Drake
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." - Robert Collier
"The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Peter Drucker
"Do it with passion, or not at all." - Rosa Couchette Carey
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsleigh
"Make each day your masterpiece." - John Wooden
"The harder I practice, the luckier I get." - Gary Player
"Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room." - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela