You’re not going to feel inspired and fired up to work hard every single day. That’s just a fact of life. Some days, you’ll wake up feeling unmotivated, and every item on your to-do list will look ten times more daunting than it needs to be.
When these moments hit, you have two choices: you either succumb to your mood and write off the whole day, or you find a way to get back on track.
If you’re anything like us, nothing does the trick quite like a quote about hard work from someone who’s created incredible success in their business and their life.
So, we’ve compiled 20 quotes from legendary people that you can use when you need a rallying cry to get inspired to work hard and knock it out of the park.
Check them out.
- “When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.” – Kevin Hart
- “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
- It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. – Mark Cuban
- “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No Excuses.” – Kobe Bryant
- “I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is Hard work – and realizing what is an opportunity and what isn’t.” – Lucille Ball
- “I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the lover of it. I live it.”– Maya Angelou
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk
- “Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” – Mary E. Pearson
- “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “Work hard, have fun, make history.” – Jeff Bezos
- “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life — and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
- “On any given Monday I am one sale closer and one idea away from being a millionaire.” – Larry D. Turner
- “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwayne Johnson
- “If you start thinking you are good at something, that’s often the day you stop trying to be better and open the back door for someone to come after you. That’s why we always aim higher. We never feel like we’re done.” – Drew Houston
- “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” – Muhammad Ali
- “The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.” – Alexander Graham Bell
- “The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.” – Dan Waldschmidt
Sometimes all you need to light a fire under yourself is a quote from someone who’s worked hard to achieve their goals. So, check out this list whenever you need a quick slump-breaker.
And if you’re looking for even more inspiration and support to make every workday a successful one, surrounding yourself with a community of like-minded professionals in an environment that empowers great work is a powerful motivator. That’s what being in a flexible office like The Post Workspaces is all about.
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