Top 100 Inspiring Work Quotes
#1. There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.
Kerry Washington
#3. I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.
Annabelle Wallis
#4. Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while we're writing. Or if it's a definition that we want to defend and uphold, we are given a sense of the boundaries within which we can work.
John D'Agata
#5. The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands.
Robert Kennedy
#7. Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.
Umar
#10. Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin Coolidge
#11. I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
Natasha Richardson
#13. Every nation, every woman and every man must work out their own salvation.
Abhijit Naskar
#14. It's really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work.
Eric Wight
#15. I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.
Orlando Bloom
#18. Never compete with any man but yourself. Seek to develop yourself.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#19. Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.
John C. Maxwell
#20. True religion must raise to work at the bar and the bench, on the couch and on the streets, in the cottage of the poor man and in the penthouse of the entrepreneur, with the fisherman that is catching fish and with the students that are studying.
Abhijit Naskar
#21. When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.
Dominic Cooper
#22. We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Swami Vivekananda
#23. We need to start work with the idea that we're going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.
Chanda Kochhar
#24. Filmmaking is not the work of the weak-minded. It may not be rocket science, but it requires ten times more strength of the mind than that.
Abhijit Naskar
#25. It's so much easier to sit home and not exercise and criticize other people. What I love is inspiring people. People come up to me and say, 'I want to have two kids and wear a bathing suit and not feel terrible about myself. I see how hard you work and it makes me feel like I can do that too.'
Gwyneth Paltrow
#26. When your hobby becomes your work, life automatically transforms into a never ending holiday
Anamika Mishra
#29. The power of spiritual knowledge gives you centeredness, which brings out passion in work & dispassion in meditation.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
#30. Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
Rani Mukerji
#31. Work hard but work smart. Always. Every day. Nothing is handed to you and nothing is easy. You're not owed anything ... No job or task is too small or beneath you. If you want to get ahead, volunteer to do the things no one else wants to do, and do it better. Be a sponge. Be open and learn.
Bobbi Brown
#33. Always take some of the play, fun, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week & your work
Rasheed Ogunlaru
#34. Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most inspiring to me about him.
Jeremy Lin
#38. I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.
Gillian Jacobs
#39. Have the end in mind and every day make sure your working towards it.
Ryan Allis
#40. If we are to rise as real Sapiens, we must work towards spreading education among the masses.
Abhijit Naskar
#41. You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.
Shonda Rhimes
#42. It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef.'
Curtis Stone
#43. Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.
Romola Garai
#45. If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.
Russell Malone
#46. Plan your work and work your plan.
Marv Levy
#47. You ought to recognise your special talent, for your specific purpose.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#48. We always know when Jesus is at work because He produces in the commonplace something that is inspiring.
Oswald Chambers
#50. he citizens must begin to work to clean the city and country of any dirt.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#51. In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring.
Mary Stuart Masterson
#52. We need money for daily living and upkeep. But money isn't everything.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#53. I loved 'Matilda.' The kids are so brilliant and uninhibited. They were inspiring. Seeing them onstage, just going wild, reminded me of when I was that age. I was excited for them and completely taken by their innocence and hard work.
Matthew James Thomas
#57. All we are is our ideas, or people. That's what keeps us going to work in the morning, to hang around these great bright people. I've always thought that recruiting is the heart and soul of what we do.
Steve Jobs
#58. Work, Work and work, until you either succeed in your mission, or you die!
Abhijit Naskar
#59. Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous ... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV.
Kim Shaw
#60. First know the Self and then talk of social reformation.
Abhijit Naskar
#61. There's more to this amazing body than awe-inspiring abs. I have a pair of ears, too, and they happen to work superbly.
Kody Keplinger
#62. Every problem can be solved, you just have to work hard enough, or sometimes be lucky enough to find the solution.
Laurie W.J.N.
#63. Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
#64. It's amazing to be able to work with people right at the top of whatever they do ... inspiring photographers and stylists with very interesting visual language. The more I do it, the more I enjoy it.
Edie Campbell
#65. Microbes are just nature's janitors who work to clean up a poorly kept culturing medium. Trying to keep microbes off of and out of your body is like trying to keep the wind out of the trees.
Robert Morse
#66. Everything what's inspiring has been created by one who could work in freedom
Albert Einstein
#67. Make today a gift to your future self.
Anonymous
#68. Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.
Mark Cuban
#69. The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.
Matt Chandler
#70. Keep on reinventing yourself! Always strive to be a better version of yourself!
Avijeet Das
#71. I am very sensitive to all form of music, painting, sculpting, dancing, and I love cinema also. For example if I look at the work of the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who happens to be a friend of mine, everything he does is inspiring to me.
Philippe Petit
#72. Our personal history does not inhibit our present or our future. Don't let anyone (including yourself) tell you you can't do something. Find your passion and take action everyday to work towards achieving your life purpose.
Miya Yamanouchi
#73. The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
Umar
#74. Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story isn't about nice handles or quickness on the court ,but about HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, and FAITH! I know God's blessings ,I can accomplish anything and i mean ANYTHING!!!
Jon-Robert Holden
#75. The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#78. Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.
Zig Ziglar
#79. The pain in your muscles and the sweat in your brow after doing a work the hard and honest way make you feel proud of yourself!
Avijeet Das
#80. To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have to love the contact, you have to love the energy, you've gotta love inspiring people and getting their adulation in return. You can't separate what's genuine from what is necessary.
Robert Reich
#81. The effects of overworking; you forget which day it is and unable to think straight.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#82. I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.
Alexander Wang
#83. It's inspiring just to work on something and just kind of keep the creative juices flowing.
Jonathan Lipnicki
#84. I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
Barry Hannah
#85. I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
Rami Malek
#86. I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
Ben Elton
#87. The travel, the amazing work I have had the chance to do, the meetings with different people are all very inspiring and give me lots of positive energy.
Saskia De Brauw
#88. I'm a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would have to be a project that I found inspiring. It would also have to include other actors and a director I am inspired to work with.
Gwyneth Paltrow
#89. You can attract the best smart creatives with factors beyond money: the great things they can do, the people they'll work with, the responsibility and opportunities they'll be given, the inspiring company culture and values, and yes, maybe even free food and happy dogs sitting desk-side.
Eric Schmidt
#90. People have struggled for the benefits of others, you can struggle at least for your own benefit.
Amit Kalantri
#91. I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.
Dominique Dawes
#92. Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.
John C. Maxwell
#93. Oscar may be the world's most glorious way of honoring your work, but the real award for a filmmaker is the contentment which you receive from making your film.
Abhijit Naskar
#94. Our mission is making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Which people come to work at Yahoo to build on that mission? Those who are inspired by that, and you can feel that passion in the products.
Marissa Mayer
#95. What is your real work? Is it that which pays the bills or is it your art? I think your real work is healing. Whatever helps you become more loving in this lifetime. Whatever helps you forgive yourself, embrace yourself, meet yourself, and free yourself in this lifetime.
Tama J. Kieves
#96. Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.
Henry Ford
#97. Different personalities inspire me as an actor. Especially quirky personalities, maybe people I wouldn't normally get along with or be friends with - I find them inspiring for my work. I find sad emotions to be inspiring and stories of great people that kind of overcame odds.
Laura Bell Bundy
#98. If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.
David Maister
#100. Dedication, Determination, and hard work will feed life into your dreams.
LaDonna M. Cook
