30 Inspiring Quotes To Help You Get Through Your Work Day
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The document contains a collection of 30 inspiring quotes from various notable figures. The quotes provide words of encouragement and advice about life, work, happiness, opportunity, and overcoming challenges. They address topics like making the most of one's time, embracing change, pursuing work you love, and maintaining a positive mental attitude. The document was compiled by business author and consultant Bernard Marr as inspiration for improving performance.
30 Inspiring Quotes To Help You Get Through Your Work Day
- 2. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” Carlos Castaneda © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 3. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us .” Helen Keller © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 4. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.” Dr. Seuss © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 5. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 6. “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” Seth Godin © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 7. “The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” Lily Tomlin © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 8. “A man should never neglect his family for business.” Walt Disney © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 9. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein .” H. Jackson Brown Jr. © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 10. “Someone once told me that ‘time’ is a predator that stalks us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because it will never come again .” Jean-Luc Picard © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 11. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 12. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Edison © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 13. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 14. “Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 15. “Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.” Chinese Proverb © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 16. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.” Napoleon Hill © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 17. “You are not your resume, you are your work.” Seth Godin © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 18. “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 19. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 20. “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” Babe Ruth © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 21. “If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.” Ray Kroc © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 22. “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” Harley Davidson © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 23. “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.” Alistair Cook © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 24. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 25. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 26. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed .” Michael Jordan © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 27. “People inspire you or they drain you - pick them wisely.” Hans F. Hansen © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 28. “The Pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 29. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” Henry Ford © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 30. “When you change your thoughts, you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 31. “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” Mahatma Gandhi © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 32. I hope you find these quotes as inspiring as I find them. For more on the topic, check out my LinkedIn Influencer blog: BLOG © 2014 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 33. About This slide deck was put together by Bernard Marr, Founder and CEO of the Advanced Performance Institute. Bernard Mar is a bestselling business author, keynote speaker, strategic performance consultant, and analytics, KPI & Big Data guru. He helps companies with their big data strategies and trains teams to better leverage data in their companies. Read Bernard’s blogs: • LinkedIn Influencer Blog Connect with Bernard on: • LinkedIn • Twitter • Advanced Performance Institute © 20 14 Bernard Marr, Advanced Performance Ins8tute, BWMC Ltd. All rights reserved.