50 Best Workplace Quotes for Employees

By Norbert Juma

Master quote curator and editor on a mission to inspire

Published December 16, 2022

Reading workplace quotes can help you resolve your job-related issues.

These quotes allow you to realize those emotions that are part of a workplace.

By identifying and eradicating negative emotions, it is possible to reduce the chances of a conflict.

To assist you in understanding workplace ethics and acknowledging your emotions, we have created this list of workplace quotes.

This list will help you understand the positive or negative emotions and steer through hard times.

However, before getting to the quotes, let’s look at how to manage workplace issues.

How to Manage Issues at the Workplace

Below are the tips to consider when you have a conflict with your co-worker and want to resolve it.

Talk to your Co-worker

The initial step towards resolving your workplace conflict is to talk to the person with whom you have developed a conflict.

Ask when it would be convenient for him/her to meet you.

Choose a place of meeting where you won’t be distracted or interrupted.

Focus on Events

When both parties have reached the meeting point, it’s time to start the discussion.

This is a critical phase, and you need to be extra careful.

When discussing the conflict, focus on the events, not the personalities.

For instance, say when a particular event happened instead of saying when you did it.

Be Calm when Listening

When it’s time to listen to the other person, stay calm.

Try to pay attention to what the other person is saying.

Besides, avoid reacting immediately or interrupting the other person.

Once the other person has stopped speaking, just summarize what he said.

This will signal to the other person that you have listened carefully and understand what he/she said.

Ask Relevant Questions

You can understand what the other person is trying to establish by asking questions.

Besides, it also helps you identify the areas of disagreement and agreement.

You can ask whether the other person agrees with what you have assessed.

If there is a disagreement, try changing your assessment.

Prioritize Different Parts of a Conflict

You should also discuss the different parts of a conflict.

Prioritize those areas that are most essential to be discussed and resolved.

The next step is to devise a plan to discuss each area of a conflict individually.

Follow the Plan

Once the plan is designed, continue discussing until all conflict areas are addressed.

Here, maintain behavior that encourages collaborative efforts to resolve a conflict.

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Top 10 workplace quotes

1. “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost

2. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” — Aristotle

3. “People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” — John C. Maxwell

4. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill

5. “Hard work doesn’t guarantee success but improves its chances.” — B. J. Gupta

6. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates

7. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in, and day-out.” — Robert Collier

8. “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” — Dale Carnegie

5. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to have changed often.” — Winston Churchill

8. “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs

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Powerful workplace quotes

11. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” — Walt Disney

12. “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin

13. “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” — Muhammad Ali

14. “You were hired because you met expectations. You will be promoted if you can exceed them.” — Saji Ijiyemi

15. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson

16. “Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care we will help. Only if we help we shall be saved.” — Jane Goodall

17. “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.” — Simon Sinek

18. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams

19. “Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.” — Cheryl Strayed

20. “We must all learn not only to not fear change, but to embrace it enthusiastically and, perhaps even more important, encourage and drive it.” — Tony Hsieh

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Exceptional workplace quotes

21. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn

22. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky

23. “A little imagination combined with massive action goes a long way.” — Grant Cardone

24. “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” — Roy E. Disney

25. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen Covey

26. “We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.” — Madeleine L’Engle

27. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” — Abraham Lincoln

28. “If you want something to happen, you have to make people able, and you have to make them want to.” — Dr. Steve Kerr

29. “All conflicts are rooted in emotions. If you can satiate the emotions, you can resolve the conflicts.” — Krishna Saagar Rao

30. “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 Gandhi

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31. “Hire character. Train skill.” — Peter Schutz

32. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” — Conan O’Brien

33. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” — Carl Sagan

34. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” — Confucius

35. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” — Henry Ford

36. “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” — Lucille Ball

37. “When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.” — Ai Weiwei

38. “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” — Charles Darwin

39. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” — Thomas Jefferson

40. “A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.” — James Joyce

Interesting Workplace Quotes

41. “It’s time to try defying gravity.” — Elphaba

42. “Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?” — Dustin

43. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Dr. Robert Schuller

44. “When they give you lined paper, write the other way.” — Ray Bradbury

45. “If you hit the target every time, it’s too near or too big.” — Tom Hirshfield

46. “If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.” — Buddha

47. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens

48. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” — Margaret Mead

49. “Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” — George R. R. Martin

50. “Strength shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

What are things like at your workplace?

Are you uncomfortable or unhappy at your workplace?

Get yourself motivated with workplace quotes and sayings.

By reading these quotes, you can lift your spirit and work your way to tackle the challenges.

Any workplace has challenges, and it might not be easy for everyone to adjust to such an environment.