100 Best Motivational Work Ethic Quotes

Here is an extensive collection of Work Ethic Quotes, Sayings by famous authors and celebrities to inspire you. Work Ethic is considered as one of the most important factors contributing to one’s success. in work. They say “The harder you work – the more successful you’ll be.”

Collection of Most Inspiring Work Ethic Quotes

“Talk less. Do more.”
“Work smarter, not harder.”
“The harder I work the luckier I get.”
“There is no substitute for hard work.”
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
“Do a bunch by lunch…be a winner by dinner!”
“Never stop learning—learn something new every day.”
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”- Samuel Goldwyn
“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”- Bill Gates
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”- Seneca
“We are all judged by what we finished, not by what we started.”
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right.”
“Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.”- Zig Ziglar
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” – Margaret Mead
“I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out.”– Theodore Roosevelt
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
“You will never plow a field if you only turn it over in your mind.”— Irish Proverb
“The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!”- Marvin Phillips
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”- Margaret Thatcher
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.”– Theodore Roosevelt
“I have a work ethic. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it.”- Viggo Mortensen
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” ― Jack Dorsey
“The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.”- Henry Ford II
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.”
“I’ve always worked very, very hard, and the harder I worked, the luckier I got.”- Alan Bond
“Don’t work for recognition but do work worthy of recognition.”- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.”-Winston Churchill
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.”- Andrew Carnegie
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”- Abraham Lincoln
“There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.”– Heather Bresch
“Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.”— Charles de Lint
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”- Napoleon Hill
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”- Tim Duncan
“Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.”- Campbell Scott
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” ― David Bly
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”- Thomas Jefferson
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” ― Mohandas Gandhi
“All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.”- Eric Thomas
“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”- Ann Landers
“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.”- Magic Johnson
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”- Albert Einstein
“Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with priviledge and position.”- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
“Everyone talks about age, but it’s not about age. It’s about work ethic. Winning never gets old.”- Lisa Leslie
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”- Michelangelo
“Every beautiful mind has great dreams, but rarely is anyone ever ready to work hard for their dreams.”- Terry Mark
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”- Steve Jobs
“Face your problems head on. Do what you have to do to take care of it. Develop a good work ethic.”- George Chuvalo
“The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.”- Alex Spanos
“A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.”– Colin Powell
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”- Wayne Gretzky
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
“I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.”- Mike Krzyzewski
“Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don’t be afraid to say ‘No.‘”- Nia Long
“The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn’t prepared to work for.”- Habeeb Akande
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”- Muhammad Ali
“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
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”- Stephen King
“Professionalism shouldn’t be defined by a persons paycheck, role or title. It should be defined by a persons work ethic.”- Janna Cachola
“Leadership is more than just being able to cross the t’s and dot the i’s. It’s about character and integrity and work ethic.”- Steve Largent
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”- George Bernard Shaw
“I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I’ve always felt is a sign of respect for others.”- Nicole Kidman
“A can-do attitude, a positive personality, and a strong work ethic are still the primary ingredients for success at Nordstrom.”- Robert Spector
“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”- Sam Ewing
“I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I’ve always had a sense of humor about myself.”- George Hamilton
“The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive, and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream.”- Tommy Hilfiger
“If you work hard enough and assert yourself and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.”- Malcolm Gladwell
“I’m a firm believer in if you work hard, you should play hard. So, I try to keep my life as balanced as possible to keep my sanity.”– Alicia Sacramone
“Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.”-Valdemar W. Setzer
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”- Steve Jobs
“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
“Three rules of work: 1. Out of clutter, find simplicity. 2. From discord, find harmony. 3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”- Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about who get the credit or praise of the work done. Continue work to give your best.Your reward may come unexpected.”- Lailah Gifty
“If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”- Henry David Thoreau
“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 dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.” Vince Lombardi
“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100% – You make it that much easier for me to beat you.”
“Choices and decisions must be supported by your passion, resolve and a productive work ethic. If these meet opportunity – your success has finally come!”- Archibald Marwizi
“Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing.”- B.C. Forbes
“Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.”- Brian Tracy
“Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.”- Nick Saban
“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.”- Mary Lou Retton
“You can work really hard in your job and make a living. You can work really hard on yourself and make a fortune. Love your life, and leave a legacy worth remembering.”- Dan Miller
“There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it’s always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time.”- Lauren Conrad
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”- Jim Rohn
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”- Vince Lombardi
“It’s just the way we are, the way we were raised. Our work ethic was everything, and that never left us. We like to work hard, and we like to try to do everything 100 percent.”- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”- Helen Keller
“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”- Alan Schoenfeld
“Have a clear plan or strategy to translate your success philosophy into desired results. Adopt an effective work ethic, with a laser-focus and requisite execution strategies to produce results.”- Archibald Marwizi
“You have to have a work ethic, and you have to be educated in what you’re doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn’t mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you’ve got to have the tools.”- Jakob Dylan
“We didn’t have a lot when I was growing up, and it’s the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don’t take anything for granted.”- Sarah-Jessica Parker
“I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So if you put forth the work, what are you fearing? You know what you’re capable of doing and what you’re not.”- Michael Jordan
“Developing a good work ethic is a key to success. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.”- Tyler Perry
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”- Bruce Lee
“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.” ― Kenneth Blanchard
“You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you’re down to your reflexes – your training. That’s where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of morning, you’re getting found out now, under the bright lights.” – Joe Frazier