Let’s face it — staying motivated at work isn’t always easy. Even the most driven among us can hit a wall now and then. Maybe you’re tackling a tricky new project, navigating a less-than-smooth team dynamic, or just wondering if you’ve answered the same email for the tenth time today. We get it.
Sometimes, a shift in perspective is all it takes to spark momentum. And sometimes, that spark comes in the form of a few well-placed words. So, we’ve rounded up 88 of the best motivational quotes to help you refocus, recharge, and reconnect with what really matters. Take what you need, leave the rest — and head back into your day with a little more fuel in the tank.
Motivational quotes on passion
Feeling disconnected at work? You’re not alone. These quotes won’t rewrite your job, but they might just reignite your purpose — and your perspective.
- “The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.” 一 Michael Jordan
- “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” 一 Gloria Steinem
- “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” 一 Steve Jobs
- “Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around.” 一 Katherine Hepburn
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” 一 Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Let him that would move the world first move himself.” 一 Socrates
- “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” 一 Theodore Roosevelt
- “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” 一 the 14th Dalai Lama
- “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” 一 Thomas Edison
- “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” 一 Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” 一 Salvador Dali
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” 一 Winston Churchill
- “There’s no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.” 一 Gloria Steinem
- “All day long the superior man is creatively active.” 一 the I Ching
- “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” 一 Benjamin Franklin
- “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” 一 Katherine Hepburn
- “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” 一 Leonardo da Vinci
Motivational quotes on working well
A great job is more than tasks — it’s recognition, trust, and belonging. These quotes offer inspiration to help you rediscover what working well really means.
- “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” 一 Oprah Winfrey
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” 一 Laozi
- “Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.” 一 Abraham Lincoln
- “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” 一 Mark Twain
- “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” 一 Steve Jobs
- “System in all things is the soul of business. To deliberate maturely, and execute promptly is the way to conduct it to advantage.” 一 George Washington
- “As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.” 一 Madeleine Albright
- “In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.” 一 Lionel Messi
- “We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.” 一 John F. Kennedy
- “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” 一 Martin Luther King Jr.
- “People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.” 一 Frederick Douglass
- “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” 一 Helen Keller
- “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” 一 Eleanor Roosevelt
- “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” 一 Abraham Lincoln
Motivational quotes for inspiration
Some days are about survival — but reconnecting with your bigger goals can reignite motivation. These quotes help you think bigger, dig deeper, and keep going:
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” 一 Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” 一 Albert Einstein
- “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” 一 Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.” 一 Robert Kennedy
- “Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?” 一 Michelle Obama
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” 一 Oscar Wilde
- “Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” 一 Jorge Luis Borges
- “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” 一 Marcus Aurelius
- “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” 一 Michael Jordan
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” 一 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Motivational quotes on happiness
Happiness fluctuates — wins one day, stress the next. Prioritizing mental wellness matters. These quotes offer perspective and positivity to help you stay steady through it all:
- “Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” 一 Marcus Aurelius
- “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” 一 Omar Khayyam
- “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” 一 Laozi
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” 一 the 14th Dalai Lama
- “When things get hard, stop for a while and look back and see how far you’ve come. Don’t forget how rewarding it is. You are the most beautiful flower, more than anyone else in this world.” 一 V of BTS
- “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” 一 Helen Keller
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