100 Work & Career Quotes For Growth Success & Motivation

Need some motivation for your job?

Here are a list of the best positive inspirational and motivational work quotes about achieving your career goals and getting ahead in business.

Whether you need to light a fire under you to have a productive day or if you are looking to find your dream job and build a career you love, these words of encouragement will provide the spark you need to have the determination to achieve your goals.

Lets face it…

You are going to spend one-third of your life at your job.

Shouldn’t you love what you do?

Each day when you walk outside your door and go to work, a question is being asked of you:

“Are you using your talents and gifts to provide a service to humanity?”

And…

“Are you delivering high quality work that you can be proud of?”

This is why it’s important you use the most powerful tool you have in creating the life you want: your mind.

Keeping your mind positive is the key to building the success you want so that you can achieve great things at a higher level.

Whether you are looking to make more money, build a new career, take that next big step, or become more productive, these thoughts, messages, and sayings will inspire and motivate you to be your best self and will cover topics such as hard work, success, goals, career development, finding a new career, work ethic, believing in yourself, self confidence, overcoming fear, never giving up, courage, staying focused, following your dreams, life purpose, procrastination, and more.

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MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR WORK SUCCESS

If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.

Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. – Jim Rohn

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. – Jillian Michaels

I’m not here to be average, I’m here to be awesome.

Your largest fear carries your greatest growth.

Your life is a direct reflection of what you have worked for.

If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Train your mind to see the good in any situation.

Stop doubting yourself. Work hard and make it happen.

You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan

Confidence is something you create in yourself by believing in who you are.

The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. – Unknown

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn

Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. – Unknown

QUOTES ABOUT WORK ETHIC

Don’t stop until you’re proud.

There is no substitute for hard work.

If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.

Work hard and be proud of what you achieve.

The sweat. The time. The devotion. It pays off.

You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.

You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for.

You don’t want to look back and know you could have done better.

You can’t get much done in life if you only work the days when you feel good.

Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient.

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

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction – George Lorimer

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. – Lou Holtz

There will be obstacles.
There will be doubters.
There will be mistakes.
But with hard work,
There are no limits.

NEW CAREER QUOTES

Don’t let the past steal your present. – Terri Guillemets

Life is short. Work somewhere awesome.

It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot

You are the only one who can limit your greatness.

Excuses will always be there for you. Opportunity won’t.

Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. – Ray Bradbury

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. – Robert Kiyosaki

Create a vision that makes you wanna jump out of bed in the morning.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction. – Germany Kent

If you don’t feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated. – Paul F. Davis

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. – Steve Jobs

Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back. – Jennifer Elisabeth

CAREER SUCCESS QUOTES

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. – Estee Lauder

If you are afraid of failure, you don’t deserve to be successful. – Charles Barkley

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou

If you are persistent you will get it. If you are consistent you will keep it.

Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it.

Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come.

Success is what happens after you have survived all of your disappointments.

Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. – G.K. Nielson

It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career. – Carlton Fisk

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.

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

Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. – Brian Tracy

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. – Pearl Buck

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way. – Robert Kiyosaki

QUOTES ABOUT CAREER GOALS

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. – Robert Louis Stevenson

A little progress each day adds up to big results.

A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb

Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead.

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goal.

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. – George Whitefield

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis of Assisi

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Henry David Thoreau

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. – Napoleon Hill

CAREER DEVELOPMENT QUOTES

You have to think big to be big. – Claude M. Bristol

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

Whatever you are thinking, think bigger. – Tony Hsieh

Opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized. – Sheryl Sandberg

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

No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams. – Roy Bennett

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anaïs Nin

To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big. – Aristotle Onassis

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. – Norman Vincent Pearl

Don’t allow the limitations of those around you to become your own.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further. – Thomas Carlyle

If you think small, your world will be small. If you think big, your world will be big. – Paulo Coelho

You will know how far you can go, when you pursue your passion and never stop trying. – Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who believe they can move mountains, do.Those who believe they can’t, cannot. – David J. Schwartz

If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles. – Wayne Dyer

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. – Albert Einstein

There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible. – Tony Robbins

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

CAREER QUOTES FOR STUDENTS

Work to become, not to acquire. – Elbert Hubbard

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

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. – Kurt Cobain

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it. – George Lucas

I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’. – Maya Angelou

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett

No one is perfect. Love yourself as you are and train hard to become the best you can be.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. – Mark Twain

Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. – Johnny Carson

There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. – Nelson Mandela

Your career is like a garden. It can hold an assortment of life’s energy that yields a bounty for you. You do not need to grow just one thing in your garden. You do not need to do just one thing in your career. – Jennifer Ritchie Payette

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