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101 Empowering and MotivationalQuotes for Employees1. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right. —Henry Ford2. Becoming is better than being. —Carol Dweck, Mindset3. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to itlaughing. —Herman Melville, Moby Dick4. The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strengthand courage as the day gets on. —Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop5. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment beforestarting to improve the world. —Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl6. Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learnfrom it. —Rafiki, The Lion King7. If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first sixsharpening my axe. —Abraham Lincoln

8. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, ahell of heaven. — John Milton, Paradise Lost9. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. —Stephen Hawking10. Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. —StanleyMcChrystal11. Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to beafraid of how much they love me. —Michael Scott, The Office12. The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stopme? —Ayn Rand13. Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes getremembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’llnever go wrong. —Babe Ruth, The Sandlot14. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence winschampionships. —Michael Jordan

15. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and weare all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happinessfails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong,we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. —Jane Austen,Mansfield Park16. Fight till the last gasp. —William Shakespeare, Henry VI17. Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back18. Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes andfirm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts maybe; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shallnot. —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein19. Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rateversion of somebody else. —Judy Garland20. The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it ispossible. —Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)21. Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; neverirresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. —Benjamin Disraeli,Coningsby22. When we strive to become better than we are, everything aroundus becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

23. Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do youwanna know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keepswimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do wedo? We swim, swim. —Dory, Finding Nemo24. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that thisthing must be attained. —Marie Curie25. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. —SalvadorDali26. If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry,worry fixes nothing. — Ernest Hemingway27. Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keeppretending. —Jim Hensen28. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds thatyou plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson29. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. Youcan steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. Andyou know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide whereto go. —Dr. Suess, Oh the Places You’ll Go

30. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, youfly. —Neil Gaiman, The Sandman31. For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest ofus, intrinsic motivation—the drive to do something because it isinteresting, challenging, and absorbing—is essential for high levels ofcreativity. —Daniel H. Pink, Drive32. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson33. Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and againand bring their friend. — Walt Disney34. So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they'reimpossible. —Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth35. Everything should be made as simple as possible but notsimpler. —Albert Einstein36. Innovation distinguishes from a leader and a follower. —Steve Jobs37. The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever tobe able to do it. —J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

38. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —GeorgeAddai39. I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different personthen. —Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland40. The world you desire can be won. It exists. it is real. it ispossible. it's yours. —Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged41. There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing.Say nothing. —Aristotle42. It is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. —Spoon Boy, TheMatrix43. Quality is job one. —Henry Ford44. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever.MAKE. —Joss Whedon45. The best way out is always through. —Robert Frost46. It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's thepebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali47. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do moreand become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams48. Speak softly and carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt49. Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The worldowes you nothing. It was here first. ―Mark Twain

50. It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast andride. ―Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood51. There's zero correlation between being the best talker and havingthe best ideas. —Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World ThatCan't Stop Talking52. Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going toget better, it’s not. —Dr. Suess, the Lorax53. A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failuredoes not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when aman fails alone. —Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart54. You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in yourmind. —Irish Proverb55. Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind—and the mind isadaptable. —Daniel Kish56. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. —Roald Dahl

57. Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that anordinary individual couldn't make a difference in the world. I thinkthat's just a horrible thing. —John Skoll58. Imitation is suicide. —Ralph Waldo Emerson59. If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work foryour money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe,they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. —Simon Sinek60. Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, butyou begin anyway and see it through no matter what. —Harper Lee61. Genius is born—not paid. —Oscar Wilde62. Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change ofscene. —A.C. Benson63. The Answer to the Great Question. Of Life, the Universe andEverything. Is. Forty-two. —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide64. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed inoveralls and looks like work. —Thomas Edison

65. I’ve learned about the poetry and the wisdom and the grace thatcan be found in the words of people all around us when we simplytake the time to listen. —Dave Isay66. It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures oflife. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. —Joseph Campbell67. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someoneelse’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see apath then by all means you should follow that. —Ellen Degeneres68. It’s easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it’s hard tosolve a problem that almost no one sees. —Tony Fadell69. Learning never exhausts the mind. —Leonardo Da Vinci70. If you’re alive, you’re a creative person. —Elizabeth Gilbert71. My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become ageneral. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I wasa painter, and became Picasso. —Pablo Picasso72. The power of imagination makes us infinite. —John Muir73. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. —Seneca

74. Never ruin an apology with an excuse. —Benjamin Franklin75. Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them todo because they want to do it. —Dwight D. Eisenhower76. There are no two words in the English language more harmfulthan "good job.” —Terence Fletcher, Whiplash77. Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, beconversational, be real. And listen. — Elizabeth Lesser78. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn forthe past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles,but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. —Buddha79. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. —TrumanCapote80. An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done. —R.A.Mashelkar81. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; thatis where they should be. Now put foundations under them. —HenryDavid Thoreau

82. As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter forshame, but for learning. —Margaret Heffernan83. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of mydecisions. —Stephen Covey84. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with aclub. —Jack London85. “I’m bored” is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great,big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside ofyour own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do youunderstand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get tosay “I’m bored.” —Louis C.K86. If we can challenge convention, we can solve any problem. —JoshValman87. Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrowsmall ones. —Ralph Waldo Emerson88. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. Youfind the fun, and - SNAP - the job's a game! —Mary Poppins

89. If you hit the target every time, it’s too near or too big. —TomHirshfield90. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just likeeveryone else. —Margaret Mead91. You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you.All you can do is change how you react to it. —Mahatma Gandhi92. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the realtragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Plato93. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough tomake them all yourselves. —Chanakya94. What I love most about rivers is, you can't step in the same rivertwice. —Pocahontas, Disney’s Pocahontas95. Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the abilityto start over. —F. Scott Fitzgerald96. It's time to try defying gravity. —Elphaba, Wicked97. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a bettershape. ―Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

98. Goonies never say die! —Mickey, The Goonies99. If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten yourpath. —Buddha100. Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Dr. Robert Schuller101. I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feelbetter. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. Youcan't just visualize and go eat a sandwich. —Jim Carrey

—Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 52. Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not. —Dr. Suess, the Lorax 53. A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man .