Work can be a lot of things.

Fun and exciting. Hopefully rewarding at times.

But also quite often overwhelming and needing more motivation than you may feel you can muster.

So in today’s post I want to share 120 of the most powerful, motivational, funny and positive work quotes.

I hope these timeless thoughts will give you a boost of energy, refuel your motivation and give you a couple of good laughs if you feel a bit stressed or under pressure right now.

Positive Work Quotes for Quick Motivation Right Now

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

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

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

“Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude.”
– Ralph Marston

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

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
– Steve Jobs

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde

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

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

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”
– Lou Holtz

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
– Benjamin E. Mays

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney

Short Positive Work Quotes for a Great Day

“Work hard. Be kind.”
– Conan O’Brien

“Focus on the good.”
– Zig Ziglar

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.”
– John C. Maxwell

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
– Steve Martin

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

“Make each day your masterpiece.”
– John Wooden

“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
– John Keats

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Happiness is not by chance but by choice.”
– Jim Rohn

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
– Henry Ford

“Light tomorrow with today.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Do or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda

“The harder I work the more I live.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“Impossible is just an opinion.”
– Paulo Coelho

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

“Make it happen.”
– Gary Vaynerchuk

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
– Steve Jobs

“Create your future.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“Dream bigger.”
– Tony Hsieh

“Attitude is everything.”
– Charles Swindoll

Funny and Positive Work Quotes for a Laugh and Stress Relief

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”
– Charles Lamb

“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.”
– Reba McEntire

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
– Bill Gates

“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying.”
– Rita Rudner

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”
– Zig Ziglar

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
– Lily Tomlin

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.”
– Betty Reese

“Television is not real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
– Bill Gates

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.”
– Robert Orben

“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”
– Robert Frost

“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
– Thomas Edison

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’”
– Audrey Hepburn

“I am an early bird and a night owl. So I am wise, and I have worms.”
– Michael Scott (from the TV-show The Office)

“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.”
– Billie Burke

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
– Edgar Bergen

“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”
– Henry Kissinger

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
– Vidal Sassoon

“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”
– Steven Wright

“The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.”
– Stanley J. Randall

Positive Hard Work Quotes to Help You Make Your Dreams Real

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
– Tim Notke

“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 difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
– Tommy Lasorda

“The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.”
– Gabby Douglas

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”
– Kobe Bryant

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

“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
– Michael Jordan

“I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you.”
– Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
– Colin Powell

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
– Dwayne Johnson

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.”
– Charles Kingsleigh

“Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”
– Henry Ford

“Without labor, nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles

“The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.”
– Deepika Padukone

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”
– Michelangelo

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.”
– Thomas Edison

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
– Malcolm Forbes

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
– Colin Powell

Positive Work Quotes for Setbacks and Those Tough Days in Life

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
– Winston Churchill

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been
trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.”
– Michael Jordan

“The best way out is always through.”
– Robert Frost

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
– Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
– Dale Carnegie

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

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

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
– Albert Einstein

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.”
– Helen Keller

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”
– Arianna Huffington

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
– Charles R. Swindoll

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

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
– Dale Carnegie

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– C.S. Lewis

“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.“
– Napoleon Hill

“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.”
– Seneca

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
– Dr. Robert Schuller

Positive Work Quotes for Success and Living Your Best Life

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
– Conrad Hilton

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”
– David Bly

“The best revenge is massive success.”
– Frank Sinatra

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
– Arthur Ashe

“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

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.”
– Virat Kohli

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.”
– Booker T. Washington

“All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.”
– Eric Thomas

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

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”
– Jim Rohn

“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”
– Albert Einstein

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

“Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.”
– Joseph Barbara

“Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“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

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.”
– Joe Girard

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph.”
– Zig Ziglar

Want more motivation for work? Then check out these hard work quotes, the hilarious work quotes for less stress here and also these short and inspirational work quotes.

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
Leonardo Da Vinci

One of the biggest and most common problems with improving your life or the success you want out of it is that you may not take consistent action over a longer time period.

Now, consistency isn’t the sexiest or most exciting word.

But it is, coupled with time, what will give you real results in your life.

Sticking with the program and doing something consistently – and not just when you feel inspired or something like that – is very, very powerful.

This is something I have struggled with a lot in the past. And on some days I still do.

But over the years I have found a few things that really help me with this.

1. When you’re taking action, focus only on the process.

I use this one, for example, when I do my workouts and when I write. I don’t take responsibility for the results in my mind.

I take responsibility for showing up and doing my workout/the writing. That’s it.

The results come anyway from that consistent action. And this makes it easier for me to take this action because:

• I know that is all I need to focus on. And so my energy and attention is only focused in one direction and I do a better job.
• I feel a lot less pressure on myself. And so I’m more relaxed and prone to continue compared to if I stare myself blind on the potential results that never come as quickly as I may want and if I’m on an emotional roller coaster from day to day.

2. Remember why you are taking action.

Find your top priorities and reasons for why you are doing what you are doing.

It could be to provide for your family, to save up for traveling, to get the job you really want or to improve your self-confidence. Or something else.

To not lose track of why you are taking action and to stay focused:

• Write down your most important reasons. Take a few minutes, sit down with paper and a pen and write down the top 1-3 reasons for why you take action and want to keep doing that in your life right now.
• Put that note where you can see it every day. Like for example in your workspace or near your bed so that you see it every morning when you wake up.

3. Reminder: you don’t want to hurt yourself.

When you disappoint yourself and don’t think and do as you really deep down want to you hurt yourself by lowering your self-esteem.

Whatever you do during your day sends signals back to yourself about what kind of person you are. Do the right thing like being effective, kind, going to the gym or simply rest and you feel good.

Get lazy, negative or just plain mean and you tend to feel worse after a while.

You don’t get away, there is no escaping yourself. And there is always a price to pay.

4. Take smaller steps on the days when the big ones seem too daunting.

On some days getting started with any of the the most important tasks may seem daunting. And so you start to procrastinate.

When that happens, one thing that has worked for me is to be kind.

To nudge myself forward instead of beating myself up.

So at such times I take:

• A small step. I may make a deal with myself to just work for 5 minutes on a piece of a bigger and more difficult task.
• An even smaller step. If that small step feels like too much and I start to procrastinate I make a deal with myself for 1 or 2 minutes of work.

Sometimes that results in a few dents put into a big task, a couple of smaller tasks being completed and many breaks being taken throughout the day.

And sometimes the easy start or restart to the day is all I need to get going again and to have a good and very productive time before the evening arrives.

Either way, I move forward instead of standing still.

5. Celebrate what you did today.

When you appreciate your good work you feel even better about your life and yourself.

And over time taking more action with less inner resistance becomes possible and you associate action with more positive emotions than you may at this time.

So…

• Take two minutes at the end of the day to think about what you can appreciate about what you did today. Or write down a couple of self-appreciative things in your journal.
• Have a tasty treat or a bigger celebration.
• Tell someone how nice something turned out, how you learned a good lesson or how proud you are over something important you did today.

Reward yourself for the things you did right today to strengthen your action taking habit.

And remember to be kind to yourself for the things you may have missed or not gotten done.

No point in trying to beat yourself up. No point in trying to be perfect.

See what you can learn from it and perhaps try another solution tomorrow and see if that works better.

 

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Welcome to the unofficial warm blanket of the internet where pandemic stress is put on hold for as long as you’re there and everything looks just a little bit better. The subreddit called r/GetMotivated welcomes you with a soul-soothing “We’re glad you made it.” Because they know how hard it is to escape the harrowing reality of sad, fake, and plain ‘can’t take it no more’ news.

But here, a whopping 17 million members are sharing all things motivation that promise to “help you finally get up and do what you *know* you need to do.” And sometimes it’s all that you need.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight to the land of pure wholesomeness where strangers who share these motivational posts suddenly become your only support group.

In the oceanic tale of Finding Nemo, Dory says it best. Despite setbacks and hardships, she encourages Marlin to “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” 

We can learn a great deal from the little blue fish with memory loss. This isn’t just a catchy earworm that plays on an endless loop in our heads. It’s a mantra that speaks to perseverance and the power of unabating action. Along with many other famous “keep pushing” quotes, it gives us the strength to persist forward in a more positive direction, no matter what we’re facing. 

Developing this mindset of tenacity helps us to grow, gain confidence and build resilience. But it also allows us to push our perceived limits to continue going after our dreams. It additionally sharpens our self-awareness so we know when it’s time to pivot and redirect our energy toward a different path. 

“Push yourself” quotes give us that gentle nudge we need to keep going. They carry a profound truth: you never know what could be waiting for you on the other side. 

Motivational ‘Keep Pushing Forward’ Quotes to Push Through Anything  

For those times you feel stuck or unmotivated, licensed psychotherapist Barton Goldsmith, PhD, offers several tips for pushing forward. He says to:

• Take it one day at a time
• Go at your own pace
• Remember it’s not a race. 

He also notes that the mental aspect is half the battle. Reframe your thoughts towards positivity, learn to cope with disappointment and recognize that whatever you’re going through is only temporary. Above all else, Goldsmith urges you to never give up. He says, “Love and prosperity can come in a New York minute, so be ready.”

Motivational quotes to keep pushing provide even more inspiration. They can help you take the next step, whether that’s at work, in relationships or within yourself.

• “Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.” —Alex Trebek, The Answer Is… Reflections on My Life

• “If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
• “Pushing oneself requires loud, strong self-talk, emphatic and enthusiastic.” —Karl Kuehl, Mental Toughness
• “Whatever happens, I’ll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.” —Michelle Phan
• “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson, You Don’t Have to Be in Who’s Who to Know What’s What
• “If you’re walking down the right path, and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you will make progress.” —Barack Obama
• “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. “ —Michael Korda, Success!
• “When you hear that something can’t be done, ignore that advice and push forward.” —Robert Kiyosaki
• “If I just keep putting one foot in front of the other, it stands to reason that I’m going to get there.” —Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
• “Just keep going. One day, one breath at a time.” —Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

Related: 30 Inspiring Quotes About Never Giving Up

Quotes About Pushing Through Hard Times 

Research shows that up to 70% of people experience positive psychological growth as a result of difficult times. By the same token, this could mean fostering a greater sense of purpose, a greater appreciation for life or an increased capacity for altruism. 

Of course, the moral of the story is that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. After all, good can come from hard times. “Push through” quotes remind us of this truth and persuade us to never back down, even in the face of adversity. 

• “​​There’s a huge value in learning to keep moving forward, and that the next page will be better than the last.” —Charles Forsman
• “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” —Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
• “When times are down, keep believing, keep working hard and things will pick up.” —Harry Kane 
• “In times of great stress and adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” —Lee Iacocca, Iacocca
• “You can’t reminisce too much. Because you’ve got to keep pushing forward, you know.” —Daniel Caesar
• “If you’re going through hell keep on going, don’t slow down if you’re scared don’t show it.” —Rodney Atkins, “If You’re Going Through Hell”
• “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” —Greg Kincaid, A Dog Named Christmas
• “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”  —Japanese Proverb
• “I’ll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I’ll never stay on the ground.” —Colleen Hoover, Hopeless

‘Push Your Limits’ Quotes to Follow Your Dreams 

Unfortunately, far too many people give up on their dreams (upwards of 92%, according to Psychology Today) because of factors like: 

• Self-doubt
• Lack of clear goals
• Lack of persistence 
• Fear of failure
• Fear of the unknown 

But, you don’t have to allow yourself to become a statistic. Use the following “push yourself” quotes to drive forward relentlessly and get out of your comfort zone and grow. You may never reach your full potential—in your career, creative pursuits or in life—if you don’t break barriers and transcend your perceived limits.

• “Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.” —Sylvie Guillem
• “True masters know that a warrior will never stop learning, never stop pushing boundaries and never stop growing.” —Mark Divine, Unbeatable Mind
• “If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential.” —Ray Dalio
• “Focus on what lights a fire inside of you and use that passion to fill a white space. Don’t be afraid of the challenges, the missteps and the setbacks along the way. What matters is that you keep going.” —Kendra Scott

• “Push yourself to the edge of your limits. That’s how they expand.” —Robin Sharma
• “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” —Michael Phelps
• “How will I know who I can become if I don’t give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my normal boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself?” —Eileen Cook, With Malice
• “You got to push yourself beyond the edges of your confidence, fearlessness and bravery limits so that they can expand.” —Manoj Arora, Dream On
• “If you are the best, you must go that extra mile.” —Conor McGregor
• “When you push yourself, you push doors open to new perspectives, new options, new experiences and ultimately abundant life.” —LaRae Lodes

Related: 17 Motivational Quotes to Help You Achieve Your Dreams

Sayings About Knowing When to Push Harder 

Today, it’s important to know when to push harder. Yet it’s also critical to know when to chart a new course. Being frustrated with your progress, constantly overcoming challenges and struggling with insecurities are all normal parts of the process. But feeling disconnected from your goals, no longer finding joy in the pursuit and causing damage to your own health or relationships could be signs that it’s time to rethink your approach. Sometimes it’s best to begin a fresh chapter with a new plan, new people, new ideas or even in a new place. 

Pivot or push harder quotes can help you to gain clarity and decide which path to take. Use these original sayings from the SUCCESS® team to give you new strength: 

• “The mark of a true winner is that they decided to push harder when everyone around them decided to quit.” 

• “Pivoting doesn’t mean you’re giving up. It means you’re moving one step closer to success.”
• “Learn the difference between being tired from the grind and being burnt out from pursuing the wrong things.” 
• “If it still ignites a fire in you, it’s worth pushing for.” 
• “Are you truly stuck? Or have you reached the calm before the storm of success?” 
• “All the pressures of life are no match for patience and persistence.” 
• “Pushing harder on a locked door won’t get you anywhere. You need to find a different door or start looking for the key.”
• “For those with a strong enough willpower to reach the summit, a steep and rocky path won’t be a deterrent.” 
• “More often than not, when you feel like throwing in the towel, that’s the time to give it all you got.” 

Pushing Forward: The Path to Success

Don’t look back. Look to the future and continue going after your dreams. If you’re going through a rough patch, keep pushing. Unsure of what’s next? Keep pushing. If you’re doubting yourself, keep pushing. In need of a change? Pivot, then keep pushing. 

Remember, endurance and determination are what separate the weak from the strong and the stagnant from the successful. Gain motivation from “keep pushing” quotes and continue placing one foot in front of the other—no matter how slow your progress may seem. 

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When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her health depended on it. But once she scanned the crowd of students who were on the field, she turned around and began walking away. Coach O’Leary saw her, jogged over, and turned her back around.

“I’m not thin enough for this sport!” Sara declared. “And I’ll never be! It’s impossible for me to lose enough weight. I’ve tried.”

Coach O’Leary nodded and promised Sara that her body type wasn’t suited for her current weight. “It’s suited for 220 pounds,” he said.

Sara looked confused. “Most people tell me I need to lose 130 pounds,” she replied. “But you think I only need to lose 40?”

Coach O’Leary nodded again.

Sara started off as a shot put competitor, but spent every single afternoon running and training with the rest of the track team. She was very competitive, and by the end of our freshman year she was down to 219 pounds. She also won 2nd place in the countywide shot put tournament that year. Three years later, during our senior year, she won 3rd place in the 10K county run. Her competitive weight at the time was 132 pounds.

There was a time when Sara was convinced that it was impossible to lose weight because, in her past experience, it had never worked out the way she had hoped. She had failed a few times and eventually lost confidence in herself. But with consistency — with the right daily habits and a willingness to try again — she rebuilt her self-confidence and ultimately achieved the “impossible.” And when Sara showed up to my poolside birthday party in Miami recently, I smiled when I overheard another guest compliment her on her physique.

Of course, Sara still works really hard — she chooses wisely — every single day to maintain what she has achieved.

And so do I…

I fail and lose my self-confidence sometimes too.

Some people get this idea about me, because I’m a New York Times bestselling author and coach who has spent the past 15+ years writing and teaching people how to create more success and happiness in their lives, that I don’t ever fall short and fail miserably in these areas. But of course I do — I’m human. I fall short and fail at things far more than anyone could imagine, and certainly far more than I’d often like to admit. And it feels just as horrible for me as it does for you or anyone else — I absolutely lose confidence in myself sometimes.

Deep down of course, I know these negative reactions aren’t helpful. So I own up to what happened, learn a lesson or two, and then I get back up to try again. And the final part is the most important part — the trying again…

• I fail at eating healthy and exercising sometimes, but I try again.
• I fail at loving myself sometimes, but I don’t give up on myself either, and so I try again.
• I fail at being a great mom and wife sometimes, especially when I get distracted with stressful business endeavors, but I keep trying, and oftentimes I invoke a fresh smile on my son’s or husband’s face.
• I even failed at writing the article you’re reading now. I made an initial attempt yesterday and scrapped it because it didn’t feel right. But I started again, and now I’m done.

Bottom line: When we try again and again, we often succeed and feel much better about ourselves in the long run.

So if there’s only one thing you take away from this essay, let it be that trying again — choosing to give yourself another chance every day — is always worth it. Because that’s honestly the foundation of the following three points, which Marc and I directly attribute to our own success and personal growth (and the success of the 700+ incredible coaching clients we’ve worked with over the past 15+ years)…

1. Evaluate your daily habits and the results you’re getting.

Regardless of your unique talents, knowledge, life circumstances, or how you personally define success, you don’t suddenly become successful. You become successful over time based on your willingness to try again and again — to create daily habits and routines that amass gradual progress, through thick and thin.

So what do your daily habits and routines look like?

You really have to sort this out and get consistent with what’s right for you on a daily basis. Because failure in life occurs in the same way — it’s gradual. All your little daily failures (those that you don’t learn and grow from) come together and cause you to fail big. Think in terms of running a business:

• You keep failing to check the books.
• You keep failing to make the calls.
• You keep failing to listen to your customers.
• You keep failing to innovate.
• You keep failing to do the little things that need to be done.

Then one day you wake up and your whole business has failed. It was all the little things you did or didn’t do on a daily basis — your habits — not just one inexplicable, catastrophic event.

The key thing to realize is that your life is your “business!”

Too often people overestimate the significance of one big defining moment and underestimate the value of making good choices and small steps of progress on a daily basis. Don’t be one of them!

Keep reminding yourself that almost all of the results in your life — positive and negative alike — are the product of many small decisions made over time. The little things you do every day, truly matter!

2. Stop thinking about your goals so often, and start focusing on the daily habits that support them.

The concept of taking it one day at a time, one step at a time, might seem ridiculously obvious, but at some point we all get caught up in the moment and find ourselves yearning for instant gratification. We want what we want, and we want it now! And this yearning often tricks us into taking on too much too soon. Marc and I have seen this transpire hundreds of times over the years: a coaching client or course student wants to achieve a big goal (or three) all at once, and can’t choose just one or two daily habits to focus on, so nothing worthwhile ever gets done, and gradually they lose more and more confidence in themselves. Let this common mistake — this quick-fix mentality — be your wake-up call today.

You really can’t lift a thousand pounds all at once, yet you can easily lift one pound a thousand times. Small, repeated, incremental efforts will get you there. It doesn’t happen in an instant, but it does happen a lot faster than not getting there at all.

Do your best to consciously shift your daily focus away from the big goals you want to achieve in your life, and redirect your focus toward the little daily habits that actually support those goals. Consider the following:

• If you’re a competitive athlete, your goal is to win sports competitions. Your habit is the time you dedicate each day to training your body (and mind).
• If you’re a university student, your goal is to learn and earn a degree. Your habit is your daily study routine.
• If you’re a parent or guardian, your goal is to be a great role model. Your habit is the time and energy you commit to setting a good example each day.
• If you’re a human being, your goal is to live a meaningful life. Your habits are the small, positive steps forward you take every day.

Now consider what would happen if you stopped focusing on one of your big goals for a while and instead focused exclusively on your corresponding daily habit. Would you still make progress? For example, if you were trying to lose weight and you stopped thinking about your goal to lose twenty pounds, and instead placed all of your focus on eating healthy and exercising every day, would you still lose weight? Yes! Gradually you would get closer to your goal — your target weight — without even thinking about it again.

And if you mess up occasionally?

You own up to it, you forgive yourself, and you try again.

One day at a time, one step at a time.

3. Leverage small victories to rebuild your self-confidence.

Rebuilding and maintaining your self-confidence is arguably the most significant hidden benefit of consistently practicing a daily habit — of trying again and again to make progress. In fact, what I lacked before I learned to implement these kinds of daily habits was the confidence that I was actually capable of achieving the positive results I desired in my life. I had tried so many quick fixes in the past that ended in failure, and had grown so discouraged in myself, that I began subconsciously choosing procrastination over future attempts to fulfill the little promises I made to myself.

In essence, I lost confidence in both my abilities and myself. It’s kind of like another person constantly lying to you — eventually you stop trusting them. The same holds true with the little promises you make to yourself that always end in disappointment. Eventually, you stop trusting yourself.

And the solution in most cases is the same too: you have to rebuild your self-confidence and trust gradually, with small promises, small steps (your daily habits), and small victories. Again, this process takes time, but it happens if you stick to it. And it’s undoubtedly one of the most life-changing things you can do for yourself.

(Note: Marc and I build a foundational habit of positive self-reflection with our readers through daily journaling in “The Good Morning Journal: Powerful Prompts & Reflections to Start Every Day”.)

Now it’s your turn…

Yes, it’s your turn to renew your self-confidence… by trying again with the right daily habits.

But before you go, please leave Marc and me a comment below and let us know what you think of this essay. Your feedback is important to us.

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Some mornings you just feel tired and unmotivated.

And some days at work sure do seem longer than others.

So to help you out I’d like to share 120 of the most motivational, positive and powerful short work quotes.

I hope you’ll find something here that will renew your energy. Give you a jolt of motivation or a few laughs to release some of that stress.

And inspiration so you can make this day a successful one.

Positive Short Work Quotes for Quick Motivation

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

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

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

“Make each day your masterpiece.”
– John Wooden

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

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Happiness is not by chance but by choice.”
– Jim Rohn

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Perfect is boring. Human is beautiful.”
– Tyra Banks

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
– John Keats

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

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

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
– Wayne Dyer

“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.”
– Stephen Covey

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
– Charles R. Swindoll

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.”
– John C. Maxwell

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
– Tim Ferriss

Short Inspirational Work Quotes for the Day

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
– Will Rogers

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Impossible is just an opinion.”
– Paulo Coelho

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney

“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”
– Albert Einstein

“The expert in anything was once a beginner.”
– Helen Hayes

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
– Tim Notke

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

“Do or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
– Albert Einstein

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

“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray

“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.”
– Ralph Marston

“The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.”
– Richard Bach

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

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
– Albert Einstein

“Light tomorrow with today.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Short Hard Work Quotes to Help You Reach Your Dreams

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien

“Hard work always pays off, whatever you do.”
– Dustin Lynch

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
– Vidal Sassoon

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
– Henry Ford

“A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.”
– Ralph Lauren

“Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.”
– Bruce Lee

“Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”
– Henry Ford

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”
– Kobe Bryant

“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
– Michael Jordan

“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou

“Without labor, nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
– Beverly Sills

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
– Colin Powell

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
– John F. Kennedy

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
– Malcolm Forbes

“Without a struggle there can be no progress.”
– Frederick Douglass

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”
– Aristotle

“All growth depends upon activity.”
– Calvin Coolidge

Funny Short Work Quotes for Stress Relief

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.”
– Betty Reese

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”
– Charles Lamb

“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.”
– Don Herold

“Beat the 5 o’clock rush. Leave work at noon.”
– Unknown

Television is not real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
– Bill Gates

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.”
– Robert Orben

“There’s no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.”
– David Letterman

“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”
– Robert Frost

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

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’”
– Audrey Hepburn

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
– Zig Ziglar

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
– Lily Tomlin

“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying.”
– Rita Rudner

“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”
– Steven Wright

“I am an early bird and a night owl. So I am wise, and I have worms.”
– Michael Scott (from the TV-show The Office)

“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.”
– Billie Burke

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
– Mark Twain

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
– Bill Gates

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
– Edgar Bergen

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
– Winnie the Pooh

Short Work Quotes for Those Tough and Bad Days

“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action.”
– Carrie Fisher

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.”
– Helen Keller

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
– Richard Branson

“It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.”
– Colin Powell

“The best way out is always through.”
– Robert Frost

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
– Harriet Beecher Stowe

“You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
– Truman Capote

“As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning.”
– Margaret Heffernan

“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much.”
– Joan Collins

“Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– C.S. Lewis

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.”
– Helen Keller

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
– Maya Angelou

“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”
– Harry Golden

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”
– Barack Obama

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
– Dale Carnegie

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

Short Motivational Work Quotes for Success

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency.”
– Dwayne Johnson

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

“The best revenge is massive success.”
– Frank Sinatra

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford

“Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally.”
– David Frost

“You are enough just as you are.”
– Meghan Markle

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
– Jim Rohn

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
– Vincent Van Gogh

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.”
– Joe Girard

“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.”
– Johnny Cash

“Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, ‘I must keep going.’”
– Cory Booker

“Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.”
– Vaibhav Shah

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
– Mary Anne Radmacher

“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”
– John C. Maxwell

“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.”
– Michael Jordan

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
– Amelia Earhart

“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”
– William Feather

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
– Suzy Kassem

Want more inspiration and motivation for your day? Then check out these quotes to help you work smarter, the hard work quotes here, this one with positive quotes about life and also this post with quotes for daily inspiration.

“Head up, heart open. To better days!”
— T.F. Hodge

Struggling to find your motivation? Feeling unsure about the next steps?

There are just a few things you need to know right now.

This quick read is for YOU…

Once upon a time there was a woman in her mid-sixties who noticed that she had lived her entire life in the same small town. And although she had spent decades enthusiastically dreaming about traveling and seeing the world, she had never taken a single step to make this dream a reality.

Finally, she woke up on the morning of her 65th birthday and decided that now was the time! She sold all of her possessions except for some essential items she needed, packed these items into a backpack, and began her journey out into the world. The first several days on the road were amazing and filled with awe — with every step forward she felt like she was finally living the life she had dreamed.

But a few short weeks later, the days on the road started taking a toll on her. She felt misplaced and she missed the familiar comforts of her old life. As her feet and legs grew more and more sore with each new step, her mood also took a turn for the worse.

Eventually she stopped walking, took off her backpack, slammed it on the ground, and sat down beside it as tears began streaming down her cheeks. She stared hopelessly down a long winding road that once led to an amazing world, but now seemed to lead only to discomfort and unhappiness. “I have nothing! I have nothing left in my life!” she shouted out loud at the top of her lungs.

Coincidentally, a renowned guru and life adviser from a nearby village was resting quietly behind a pine tree adjacent to where the woman was sitting. When the woman began shouting, the guru heard every word and he felt it was his duty to help her. Without thinking twice, he jumped out from behind the pine tree, grabbed her backpack, and ran into the forest that lined both sides of the road. Stunned and in complete disbelief, the woman started crying even harder than before, to the point of near breathlessness.

“That backpack was all I had,” she cried.” And now it’s gone! Now everything is gone in my life!”

After roughly ten minutes of much-needed tears, the woman gradually collected her emotions, stood up again and began staggering slowly down the road. Meanwhile the guru cut through the forest and secretly placed the backpack in the middle of the road just a short distance ahead of the woman.

When the woman’s teary eyes fell upon the backpack, she almost couldn’t believe what she was seeing — everything she thought she had just lost was once again right in front of her. She couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear. “Oh, thank heavens!” the woman exclaimed. “I am so grateful! Now I definitely have what I need to continue onward…”

Sometimes we need a wake-up call.

As we journey through our personal and professional lives, there will inevitably be periods of incredible frustration and despair. During those tough times, it will sometimes appear to us that we’ve lost everything, and that nothing and nobody could possibly motivate us to move onward in the direction of our dreams. But just like the woman who stumbled across the guru, we are all holding with us a backpack of support that comes in many forms — it can be a simple DM or text message from someone we respect, inspiring blog posts, insightful books, helpful neighbors, supportive communities, and so much more.

When the going gets tough — when we’ve lost our motivation and feel unsure of everything — we need to wake ourselves up and remember…

1. To trust the journey, even when we do not understand it.
2. To accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in the road ahead.
3. To start exactly where we are, use what we have, and do what we can, one step at a time.
4. To look for the blessings hidden in every struggle we face, and be willing to open our hearts and minds to them.
5. To recognize our backpack of support — our external sources of hope and motivation — before a random guru (or someone with far more crooked intentions) has to steal it from us so that we can finally see what we have always taken for granted.
6. To be present and tap into our own hearts and minds — our internal sources of hope and motivation — which have the power to push us back up on our feet and guide us down the road to our backpack of support, even when it appears to be lost forever.
7. To laugh at the confusion, live consciously in the moment, and appreciate the lessons found at each twist and turn.
8. To not compare our progress with that of others, and accept that we all need our own time to travel our own distance.
9. To see how many of the things we never wanted or expected ultimately turn out to be what we need.
10. To be OK with not ending up exactly where we intended to go, while opening ourselves up to the possibility of eventually arriving precisely in the right place at the right time.

Bottom line:

If you are struggling right now, you’ve got this!

No matter your circumstances, you always have what you need to take the next smallest step.

Or as Epicurus so profoundly said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Be mindful. Be present. Keep going, one day at a time, one small step at a time.

Now it’s your turn…

Please leave a comment below and let us know:

What’s one source of motivation (or gratitude) you typically turn to when you need it most?

Anything else to share about this essay?

Angel and I would love to hear from YOU. Your feedback is important to us.

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Tony Robbins says only massive, determined actions will stop us from making the same bad decisions that have kept us where we aTony Robbins has spent decades helping people transform their mindset, take bold action and achieve success. From bestselling books like Awaken the Giant Within to seminars like “Unleash the Power Within,” his strategies are rooted in clarity, action and belief. Tony Robbins quotes reflect his powerful work and can provide incredible motivation. 

He teaches that only massive, determined action can break the cycle of poor decisions and limiting beliefs. What bad habits are holding you back? What stories do you keep telling yourself?

Starting today, shut down negative thoughts and focus on achieving the dreams you know you’re capable of. Use these quotes as fuel to propel you forward.

This collection features some of Tony Robbins’ most powerful quotes—some iconic, some lesser known—all grounded in his teachings on success, mindset, identity and purpose.

Some of the Best Tony Robbins Quotes for Massive Motivation

Tony Robbins is synonymous with motivation. His powerful delivery, deep empathy and real-life strategies make his words resonate with people from all walks of life. The following quotes are some of his most iconic and ideal for anyone in need of a spark.

• “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” —Tony Robbins
• “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” —Tony Robbins
• “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” —Tony Robbins
• “Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want as much as you want.” —Tony Robbins
• “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.” —Tony Robbins 
• “Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.” —Tony Robbins
• “Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” —Tony Robbins
• “Your past does not equal your future.” —Tony Robbins

Related: Tony Robbins: The Holy Grail of Investing

Famous Tony Robbins Quotes on Change

Change is at the heart of Tony Robbins’ work. Whether it’s transforming your health, relationships or career, Robbins believes change starts from within—and can happen in an instant.

• “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” —Tony Robbins
• “The secret to handling change is to focus on progress. If you can make progress on a regular basis, then you feel alive.” —Tony Robbins
• “The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.” —Tony Robbins
• “Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent and committed decision.” —Tony Robbins
• “Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.” —Tony Robbins
• “Lasting change is different than merely having a goal. You don’t always reach your goals, but you always get your standards.” —Tony Robbins 
• “Raising your standards is the number one thing that will change your life, business, finances and relationships in the long term.” —Tony Robbins
• “Progress equals happiness.” —Tony Robbins

Related: New World, New You: Tony Robbins Shows You How to Rise Above and Thrive

Inspirational Quotes From Tony Robbins on Focus & Mindset

Tony Robbins teaches that success begins in the mind. The way you think and what you focus on shapes your emotions, actions and ultimately your outcomes. Cultivating a resilient, empowering mindset is a major theme in his work.

• “Where focus goes, energy flows.” —Tony Robbins
• “Improving focus and concentration starts with changing your mindset.” —Tony Robbins
• “Visualize yourself late in life, sitting in your rocking chair and telling some younger people about your incredible life.” —Tony Robbins
• “The only way to create a breakthrough is to change your emotional state and rewrite your personal story.” —Tony Robbins
• “Determine what gives your life a sense of purpose, and connect everything you do back to that purpose.” —Tony Robbins
• “Focus on actionable strategies you can employ to be successful, such as making a Massive Action Plan (MAP).” —Tony Robbins
• “Think big, but set incremental SMART goals…. And don’t forget to celebrate your accomplishments.” —Tony Robbins
• “Carve out periods of time where you remove distractions from the picture.” —Tony Robbins

Fast fact: Tony Robbins has coached Serena Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Clinton.

Positive Sayings by Tony Robbins About Taking Action

Tony Robbins emphasizes that transformation only occurs when we move, both mentally and physically. Taking action is the bridge between goals and achievement.

• “When the going gets tough, many people will choose to avoid, deny or escape… rather than insisting on success by taking unrelenting, massive action.” —Tony Robbins
• “Do you easily give up or resolve to follow through? The meanings we assign to events influence what actions we take as a result.” —Tony Robbins
• “It’s our decisions, not our conditions, that ultimately shape the quality of our lives.” —Tony Robbins 
• “At any moment the decision you make can change the course of your life forever.” —Tony Robbins
• “Success and failure are not overnight experiences. It’s the small decisions along the way that cause people to fail or succeed.” —Tony Robbins
• “Often we allow ourselves to become caught in a mental trap of seeing enormously successful people and assuming they are where they are because they possess some special gift.” —Tony Robbins
• “There is no secret you don’t already have access to. In truth, the greatest gift that extraordinarily successful people have over the average person is their ability to get themselves to take action.” —Tony Robbins

Fast fact: Robbins’ seminar “Date with Destiny” spans six intense days and can cost upwards of $5,000.

Words of Wisdom From Tony Robbins on Growth, Goal Setting and Identity

From finding your true purpose to building momentum, Tony Robbins is a master at helping people understand who they are and what they truly want. These quotes dig deeper into themes of identity, growth and clarity.

• “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins
• “Having goals is the fundamental key to success. Setting goals helps us grow and expand, pushing ourselves to transform in ways that, just maybe, we never imagined.” —Tony Robbins
• “It’s not about achieving the goal. It’s about who you have to become in order to achieve the goal. The juice is in the growth.” —Tony Robbins
• “Growth in days, not decades. Discover the proven path to getting everything you want.” —Tony Robbins
• “You have the ability to architect your life’s experience by setting goals for yourself and taking massive action to achieve them.” —Tony Robbins
• “The process of setting goals works a lot like your eyesight. The closer you get to your destination, the greater clarity you gain.” —Tony Robbins
• “Skill is a power that allows you to complete a goal, but psychology is the state that empowers you to create and maintain vision.” —Tony Robbins
• “Most people understand the power of setting goals…. But what if those goals are leading you somewhere you don’t want to go?” —Tony Robbins

Fast fact: Tony Robbins uses a technique he calls “priming” every morning; a mix of breathing, visualization and gratitude.

Let These Words From Tony Robbins Guide Your Next Step

Tony Robbins quotes aren’t just phrases to memorize, they’re guiding principles meant to be lived. You could be launching a business, rebuilding your mindset or simply seeking motivation, either way, Robbins offers clarity and confidence in every word. Use these quotes as daily affirmations or just a source of encouragement when you need to reignite your purpose.

With the right mindset, strong goals and massive action, anything is possible.

Photo from Stewart Cohen

Fall is here.

Maybe the most beautiful season of the year with colorful leaves, the clear crisp air and cozy evenings under a blanket with a warm cup of tea or cocoa.

But also a time of change as the warmth, light and free days of summer fade away.

In today’s post I’d like to share 101 of the most positive, inspirational and beautiful short fall quotes.

To help you embrace the changes of autumn. To make this a motivated and successful time. And to make you laugh when you’re having a tough or stressful day.

I hope these timeless sayings will help you to have a wonderful fall.

Short and Inspirational Fall Quotes for a Great Autumn Season

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
– Albert Camus

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
– Unknown

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”
– John Burroughs

“The trees are about to show us how to be gracefully strong in the face of change.”
– Unknown

“There is something so special in the early leaves drifting from the trees – as if we are all to be allowed a chance to peel, to refresh, to start again.”
– Ruth Ahmed

“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen.”
– Hal Borland

“Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
– Rumi

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.”
– Dodinsky

“In autumn, change in life becomes as natural as the leaves turning red, yellow and brown.”
– Unknown

“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.”
– Shira Tamir

“The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.”
– Unknown

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”
– Chad Sugg

“Autumn is the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful.”
– Unknown

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
– Emily Brontë

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
– Lauren DeStefano

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
– George Eliot

“The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light.”
– Malcolm Lowry

“Crisp autumn air speaks and I can’t help but listen to that clarity and take a different and new turn in my life.”
– Sandra Shea

“Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
– Delia Owens

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
– Jim Bishop

“I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.”
– Lee Maynard

Short Motivational Fall Quotes for Work

“The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late.”
– J.L. Carr

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”
– B.C. Forbes

“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”
– Samuel Butler

“Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.”
– Truman Capote

“Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year’s end and day’s beginnings.”
– Terri Guillemets

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

“Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him.”
– Hal Borland

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
– Stephen R. Covey

“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.”
– Elizabeth Lawrence

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison

“In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.”
– Elizabeth George Speare

“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air.”
– Wallace Stegner

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne

“If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to freeze your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be alive.”
– Kyle Lake

Short and Funny Fall Quotes for Your Instagram

“Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter’s pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.”
– Dorothy Parker

“Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring.”
– Doug Larson

“Sweater weather is better together.”
– Unknown

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Pumpkin spice and everything nice.”
– Unknown

“It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!”
– Winnie the Pooh

“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.”
– Jane Hirshfield

“Let’s pumpkin spice things up a bit!”
– Unknown

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
– Sarah Addison Allen

“If I were a bird, I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
– George Eliot

“Autumn skies and pumpkin pies, I can tell no lies, this I love.”
– Unknown

“A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don’t put into it!”
– Marilyn Monroe

“What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?”
– John Greenleaf Whittier

Beautiful and Short Fall Quotes for Your Autumn Letter Board

“Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.”
– William Cullen Bryant

“A friend you are, sweet autumn day; to never falter, in my soul you stay.”
– Angie Weiland-Crosby

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– L.M. Montgomery

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
– Stanley Horowitz

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.”
– Humbert Wolfe

“It was a beautiful, bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.”
– Diana Gabaldon

“October, crisp, misty, golden October, when the light is sweet and heavy.”
– Angela Carter

“O Autumn, Autumn! O pensive light and wistful sound! Gold-haunted sky, green-haunted ground!”
– Effie Lee Newsome

“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.”
– Rémy de Gourmont

“The heart of autumn must have broken here, and poured its treasure upon the leaves.”
– Charlotte Bates

“Wild is the music of the autumnal winds amongst the faded woods.”
– William Wordsworth

“Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.”
– Faith Baldwin

“The tints of autumn… a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.”
– John Greenleaf Whittier

“Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow.”
– Dan Millman

“And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and autumn was awakened.”
– Raquel Franco

“Autumn embraces change, even as she is falling to pieces.”
– Angie Weiland-Crosby

“Days decrease, and autumn grows, autumn in everything.”
– Robert Browning

“Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.”
– Walt Whitman

“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here. With summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.”
– Helen Hunt Jackson

“A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.”
– Unknown

“Dancing of the autumn leaves on a surface of a lake is a dream we see when we are awake.”
– Mehmet Murat Idles

“Autumn’s the mellow time.”
– William Allingham

Cute and Aesthetic Short Fall Quotes and Sayings

“Autumn arose and my soul bloomed.”
– Angie Weiland-Crosby

“Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.”
– Mary Russell Mitford

“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.”
– Ann Drake

“I come alive in the fall time.”
– The Weeknd

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.”
– Oscar Wilde

“The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
– J.K. Rowling

“The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn, And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn.”
– James Whitcomb Riley

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the top of a leaf.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Nature’s first green is gold.”
– Robert Frost

“It is a real chill out. The fall crisp comes…”
– Gwendolyn Brooks

“I come by light of an autumn moon.”
– Broken Bells

“Autumn colors my soul in the loveliest shades.”
– Angie Weiland-Crosby

“The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn.”
– John Muir

“Blaze the mountains in the windless Autumn, Frost-clear, blue-nooned, apple-ripening days.”
– Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn

“But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!”
– Margaret Junkin Preston

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonize.”
– George Eliot

“The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale.”
– Cornelia L. Tuthill

“Autumn whispered to the wind, ‘I fall but always rise again.’”
– Angie Weiland-Crosby

“If the leaves are changing, I feel poetry in the air.”
– Laura Jaworski

“Only lovers see the fall a signal end to endings.”
– Maya Angelou

“Now autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.”
– William Allingham

“Autumn is all about falling: falling leaves, falling temperatures, and falling in love.”
– Unknown

“I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky / And one by one they disappear.”
– The Moody Blues

“Autumn leaves are falling, filling up the streets; golden colors on the lawn, nature’s trick or treat!”
– Rusty Fischer

“October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.”
– Nova Bair

“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.”
– Robert Brault

“Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable… the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street… by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.”
– Hal Borland

“There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves.”
– Joe L. Wheeler

“Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.”
– Yoko Ono

“Autumn would come to this place of welcome, this place I would know to be home.”
– Henry Rollins

“Another fall, another turned page.”
– Wallace Stegner

“It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.”
– P.D. James

“The falling leaves of autumn inspire us to take daring leaps and to embrace the inevitability of change in life.”
– Unknown

“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?”
– Mo Yan

Want more inspiration for your fall? Then have a look at these inspirational October quotes, the uplifting autumn quotes here and also these Halloween quotes for a happy celebration.

Today is Labor Day.

A day to celebrate and honor the hard work, dedication and sacrifices that have built our communities and made dreams into reality.

So in today’s post I’d like to share 110 of the most powerful, inspirational and motivational Labor Day quotes.

To help you appreciate the many hours of work that you and the people in your life and in your part of the world have put in. To give you new energy and motivation to go after what you and your loved ones dream of.

And to lighten the mood when you need it but also give you a sharp focus when that’s what’s need for success.

Labor Day Quotes for Employees (Appreciation and Motivation at Work)

“I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.”
– Alan Alda

“Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man, which will give his political freedom reality.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”
– Mother Teresa

“Work has indeed been my best beauty treatment. I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit.”
– Helena Rubinstein

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”
– Colin Powell

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

“Labor Day stands for America’s greatest natural resource – not its minerals, its timber or its farmland, but its people: Americans who get up early every day and go home tired every night, quietly creating a better life for their families and fellow citizens.”
– Gerald Ford

“I have no use for those – regardless of their political party – who hold some foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when unorganized labor was a huddled, almost helpless mass.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
– Alexander Graham Bell

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“A job is about a lot more than a paycheck. For real. It’s about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, ‘Honey, it’s going to be OK,’ and mean it when you say it.”
– Joe Biden

“We salute working people because they have built our land with skill, energy and resourcefulness, transforming raw materials into a shining edifice of freedom and prosperity.”
– Ronald Reagan

“The history of the United States is in vital respects the history of labor. Free men and women, working for a better life for themselves and their children, settled a continent, built a society, and created and diffused an abundance hitherto unknown to history.”
– John F. Kennedy

“Each life matters. Everybody counts, everybody has got purpose, everybody is important in life.”
– George W. Bush

“It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It was working men and women who made the 20th century the American century. It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today.”
– Barack Obama

“For working people and union members, Labor Day stands for something special and profound. It’s a day to honor the deep commitment each of us has to serve the children we teach, the families we heal, and the communities we love.”
– Randi Weingarten

“Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working men and women make to our nation, our economy, and our collective prosperity. It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers’ grit, dedication, ingenuity, and strength, which define our nation’s character.”
– Tom Perez

“All wealth is the product of labor.”
– John Locke

“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.”
– Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational Labor Day Quotes on Hard Work and Success

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.”
– Amelia Earhart

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
– Beverly Sills

“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”
– Horace

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

“A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.”
– Ralph Lauren

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
– Newt Gingrich

“The best advice I can give anybody is to try and understand who you are and what you want to do, and don’t be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.”
– Sally Ride

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

“The distance between dreams and reality is called action.”
– Ben Francia

“As is the case in all branches of art, success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by dint of hard work.”
– Anna Pavlova

“You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work… if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.”
– Leo Tolstoy

“The greater the obstacle, the greater the glory in overcoming it.”
– Molière

“Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.”
– Brian Tracy

“The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.”
– Eckhart Tolle

“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.”
– Jane Goodall

“I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Funny Labor Day Quotes and Sayings for Laughs and Less Stress

“Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken.”
– Bill Dodds

“Labor Day means grilling outside!”
– Katie Lee

“For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.”
– Jessica Savitch

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.”
– Stephen King

“If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.”
– Doug Larson

“Labor Day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China.”
– David Letterman

“Hard work should be rewarded by good food.”
– Ken Follet

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison

“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
– Richard Bach

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work.”
– Mark Twain

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison

“There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.”
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”
– Steve Jobs

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

Happy Labor Day Quotes for a Positive and Great Weekend

“Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a journey. Life flows.”
– Henry Ford

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
– Billie Jean King

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
– Tim Notke

“We must continue our efforts to create further job growth and new opportunities, enabling more of our citizens to realize the American Dream.”
– Bill Clinton

“In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.”
– Joan Rivers

“I believe Americans willing to work hard should be able to get a job no matter where they live – in the Heartland, small towns, the Northeast, big cities – to raise their kids on a good paycheck and keep their roots where they grew up.”
– Joe Biden

“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.”
– Gilda Radner

“Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.”
– Abraham Cowley

“One of the most important habits of successful people is, simply, starting. Start before you are ready. Stop thinking and start doing. Make a move. Any move. Send the email. Register for the class. Pick up the phone. Schedule the meeting. Have the conversation.”
– Marie Forleo

“Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude uplifter I know. Be grateful for all the good in your life and your good will only increase, along with your happiness.”
– Alan Cohen

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.”
– Barbara Corcoran

“The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“America cannot have a strong, growing economy without a strong, growing middle class and the chance for everybody, no matter how humble their beginnings, to join that middle class—a middle class built on the idea that if you work hard, if you live up to your responsibilities, you can get ahead, and enjoy some basic guarantees in life.”
– Barack Obama

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
– Mother Teresa

“Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.”
– Malala Yousafzai

“Let us give thanks to those who came before us and who strived to improve working conditions and create fair labor laws. They risked their livelihoods and often their very lives to ensure that children could go to school instead of to work in mines and factories, that laborers could work without risking injury and that Americans who toiled throughout the week would be rewarded with a decent living and could spend more time raising their families.”
– Bill Clinton

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
– Florence Nightingale

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
– Dr. Mae Jemison

“We want everybody in America to own their own home. That’s what we want… An ownership society is a compassionate society.”
– George W. Bush

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”
– Gail Devers

“We all know what that American Dream is. It’s the idea that in America, we can make of our lives what we will. It’s the idea that if you work hard and live up to your responsibilities, you can get ahead and enjoy some of the basic guarantees in life: a good job that pays a good wage, health care that will be there when you get sick, a secure retirement even if you’re not rich, an education that will give our kids a better life than we had. They’re very simple ideas, but they’re the ideas that are at the heart of our middle class, the middle class that made the 20th century the American century.”
– Barack Obama

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray

Short Labor Day Quotes and Messages

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
– Aristotle

“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”
– William Feather

“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
– Ovid

“Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.”
– M.H. Abrams

“Stay humble, work hard, be kind.”
– Conan O’Brien

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
– Jimmy Johnson

“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.”
– Robert Half

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.”
– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
– Maya Angelou

“Today I will do what other’s won’t, so tomorrow I will do what others can’t.”
– Jerry Rice

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

“Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.”
– Robert Schuller

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn

“The road to success is always under construction.”
– Lily Tomlin

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
– Estée Lauder

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
– Coco Chanel

“There is no substitute for hard work.”
– Thomas A. Edison

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
– Tim Ferriss

“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”
– Gordon B. Hinckley

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn’t anything you can’t do if you want to.”
– Jim Henson

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
– Michael Jordan

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”
– Kobe Bryant

“Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.”
– Cristiano Ronaldo

“You always pass failure on your way to success.”
– Mickey Rooney

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
– Thomas A. Edison

“Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.”
– Robert Green Ingersoll

“Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.”
– Liza M. Wiemer

“To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is gravy.”
– Bette Davis

“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou

“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.”
– Tony Robbins

“Without labor nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles

“Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.”
– Joseph Joubert

“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.”
– Luc de Clapiers

“It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.”
– John Locke

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
– Émile Zola

“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
– Honoré de Balzac

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.”
– Ken Poirot

Want more uplifting motivation and inspiration? Then have a look at these hard work quotes, at this one with motivational quotes for students and this post with short and inspirational fall quotes.