168 Motivational Quotes For Employees

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168 Motivational, Inspirational Quotes For Employees

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
“We make our own opportunities; we don’t wait for life to offer them to us.”
“If you are depressed and unhappy, it is time to change something. You can either sit around feeling sorry for yourself or you can change things.”
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, they’ll forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“What you do not discover in school, you cannot learn on your own. There must be someone there who shows you how to do it.”
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy.”
“Your way of doing things may seem crazy to others, but as long as you stay true to yourself then no one can stop you from being successful.”
“The only difference between a rut and a grave is depth.”
“Be careful of your thoughts; they become words. Be careful of your words; they become actions. Be careful of your actions; they become habits. Be careful of your habits; they become character. Be careful of your character; it becomes your destiny.”
“Don’t worry about failure, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t try.”
“When I became an adult, I realized that most of my problems came down to money.”
The secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the various objects which surround us every day. The more we understand about them, the better we shall like them – whether they be beautiful or ugly, useful or useless, pleasant or unpleasant; for then we feel that we possess knowledge.”
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
“It’s easy to live within your comfort zone. But it takes guts to step into your greatness.”
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
To thine own self be true. And let thy conscience be thy guide.”
“The worst thing that can happen to a leader is to convince himself that he knows best.”
“If you speak without love, you will be given less for what you say than silence would be.”
“One of the greatest gifts we receive as children is this sense of wonder. It opens our hearts and minds to learning new things, experiencing different cultures and understanding the world in which we live. In turn, we pay it forward by sharing that same sense of wonder with others.”
Doing what you really enjoy makes you happy, while working hard to avoid doing what you dislike makes you miserable.
“Whatever you think, believe, hope for, expect, remember, plan, dream…it is a choice.”
“Successful people are those who keep their promises.”
“There is nothing wrong with trying to improve yourself. Just be sure to admit it first.”
“Being a good person has very little to do with what other people think of you and everything to do with how much you care. What matters is not what kind of person you are, but the quality of the person you are.”
“A man must either write for eternity, or he writes for the moment, and if he writes for the moment only, the present time is all he achieves.”
“Sometimes life seems so unfair, especially at work where what you want often doesn’t match up with what you need. At times like these, I remind myself that God works in mysterious ways, and that things aren’t always fair.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
I have never seen a soul succeed against great odds unless it had something to strive for.
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“Always aim high. If you’re lucky enough to get there, you’ll find you’ve been climbing all along.”
“Happiness is not getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you got.”
“What you see depends on where you look.”
“No matter how far you go, someone is going further.”
“Wherever you go, there you are.”
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
“How many times does one man make a decision? How many times does one man show his courage?”
“People who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”
“Give me a child until he is seven years old and I will give you the future.”
“Don’t try to figure out why something happened, just accept it and move on.”
“Never forget: You are unique, special, and irreplaceable.”
“When you lose, learn from it. When you win, celebrate it. And when you draw a blank, shrug and move on.”
“”Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.”
“Life is too short not to laugh at ourselves.”
“It’s better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“We should be able to trust our instincts about people we meet.”
Just because somebody says they are ‘proud’ doesn’t mean they are!
The only way to deal with people who talk behind your back is to ignore them.
“I find the happiest people are those who are unselfish – and yet understand that no one else feels exactly like you feel.”
“Love is the strongest force in the Universe. Love endures forever. Hate may endure for a minute, but love lasts forever.”
“It is important to be happy as long as you live, but it is more important still to leave this earth without hating anyone.”
“If there was no struggle, there would be no progress.”
“Nothing succeeds like success; nor fails like failure; but almost invariably, tries like trouble.”
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
“There are two types of people in this world: Those who can add, and those who can’t.”
“There is no path bluer than honesty.”
“You can’t hit a target that isn’t there.”
All successful men and women are interested in one thing: How do you use what you’ve learned to create more happiness?
“Don’t let anything stand between you and your dreams.”
“Knowledge alone is useless. It has to be applied.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Life consists of nothing but walking through fire.
“A good leader leads by example and encourages others to follow.”
“A man must rise above himself, if he is ever to overcome the limitations imposed upon him by inferiority and despair.”
My job is to take care of my friends, and then help myself.
“Even if you fall, stand right back up again.”
“Every day seems like a hundred years when you’re waiting for spring.”
“In order to avoid criticism, all one has to do is to never do anything.”
“Life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it.”
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
“Happiness belongs to those who have chosen a goal and pursued it relentlessly.
“Do not wait; the time will come when you will wish you had started earlier.”
“Successful people are busy getting ahead; average people are busy keeping up.”
“Never tell me the same thing twice because I think I know it already.”
“It takes far less energy to keep quiet than to speak honestly.”
“What you put out into the universe comes back to you tenfold.”
“A person’s character is his fate.”
To thine own self be true.”
“Some people are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
“When you ask why something happened, remember not only the event itself, but also the fact that it made you face yourself.”
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”
“People often say that time heals all wounds, but it doesn’t. Time merely passes.”
Remember – every morning, someone dies whose birthday you didn’t celebrate.
“As we grow older, these things seem less significant.”
“Be proud of your past, and look forward to the future with hope.”
“Happiness does not depend on outward conditions; it depends on an inward disposition.”
The heart knows what the mind cannot understand.
“No matter how much you plan, life always manages to find a way to throw roadblocks in front of you.”
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday.”
“We should learn from history, but not repeat it.”
“When you feel downhearted, pick yourself up and get going; tomorrow will look after itself.”
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
“Nothing happens until you decide it will happen.”
“Everything starts with a thought.”
“The world is full of optimistic fools.”
“He who says it can’t be done should get going and stop talking about it.”
“You can’t start living tomorrow.”
“I’m not saying you shouldn’t enjoy yourself, but I do suggest that you enjoy yourself while you still have the chance.”
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can hire a professional to watch over it.”
“There is no such thing as failure, just opportunities to fail better.”
“Sometimes the only way to win is to simply play the game.”
“All that we see or hear is the tip of the iceberg. As we proceed deeper there lies an unfathomable world of wonder.”
“No matter where you go, there you are.”
“Don’t follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“Most men live lives of quiet desperation.”
“If you’ve got it, flaunt it.”
“The most important decision you’ll ever make is whether to stay home today or go to work.”
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass... It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
“Wherever you go, there you belong.”
“No one was meant to sit quietly by and take abuse.”
“Your task is not to seek new experiences, but to create them.”
“Why would anyone want to die? Life’s too short.”
“The good news is that nobody goes through life without getting at least one lesson.”
“Everybody needs help sometimes, even if they won’t admit it.”
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
“How well are you prepared to accept the risks of life?”
“I don’t care to live among the dead.”
“Never tell me the moon is shining: I know it’s raining.”
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
“It’s not so much that success breeds success, as that failure breeds experience.”
“To succeed, begin where others quit.”
“Doing the right thing is usually more fun than doing anything else.”
“One of the main reasons we’re here is because we were put here.”
“Don’t let the noise of other voices drown out your own inner voice.”
“Every time you say ‘I can’t’, remember that actually you ‘can’!”
“Nobody cares if you can’t spell ‘cat’.”
“Life is 10% what you accomplish and 90% what you overcome.”
“Be grateful for each moment of your life. You might miss the previous one, but you can’t miss the next one.”
“A person who has given up his integrity has given up everything.”
“The first step toward solving any problem is recognizing that there is a problem.”
“The best revenge is massive success.”
“Live every day as if it were your last – you might just find that someday it really is.”
“We spend our whole lives trying to figure out why we feel bad, when what we should really focus on is how great we feel when we don’t.”
“Remember you aren’t human unless you think like one.”
The greatest discovery of this generation is that a woman can learn from frigid women.
If you haven’t found faith yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
“When you look into your heart, all sorts of wonderful things become clear.”
“People often ask me what I consider my biggest accomplishment. My answer is that I achieved my goal of being happy. And I have learned that happiness is a choice, although some people call it luck.”
“Sometimes life knocks us down, but we get back up again, stronger and better because we’ve been knocked down.”
“Keep your eyes open, then life will be beautiful.”
“There are two ways to live: you either drink yourself to death or you write yourself to life.”
“I’m not afraid of tomorrow, because I’m going to be dead.”
“What happens if you do nothing today…you’ll still be alive tomorrow.”
“If someone says you need therapy, they mean they want something from you.”
“You cannot hide from pain, only from awareness.”
“My life does not consist of holding on to the past, because it’s gone. It consists of letting go and moving ahead.”
The biggest mistake most people make is to live under the illusion that they are separate from nature.
“You may delay, ruin, or lose your present happiness. But you cannot escape the consequences of your future actions.”
“I am convinced that it is possible to lead a balanced life. The key is to plan carefully for both work and play, and to have fun while working hard.”
“Life is an adventure. Life is beauty. Life is love.”
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“Knowledge isn’t power; it’s information.”
“Love is the only reality. What you put out into the Universe comes back to you tenfold. So give all you got! Love truly is priceless.”
“No matter what you’ve done with your life, always try to improve upon it. Because at least it won’t be boring.”
“Some of my fondest memories revolve around experiences I had with loved ones that helped shape my character.”
All the world loves a lover, all the world admires a winner, all the world follows a leader. All the world needs is love.”
“Don’t let anything stand in the way of your dreams. If you want something enough, you’ll find a way to make it happen.”
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
“If you look through a telescope, you see the stars; if you look through a microscope, you see the atoms!”
“Believe in yourself and the rest follows.”
“A person who has no vices has no virtues.”
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of shore.”
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is simply the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow’.”
Most people die without any real understanding of what their life was about – and they usually die hating themselves.
“Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
“To err is human, to forgive divine.”
“Doing the best you can every moment is as good as doing your best once.”
“Always choose the harder path, even though the easier one seems clearer.”