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21 Celebrities Give Their Motivational Quotes for Work Success

September 15, 2019

Have you ever used motivational quotes for work to help you achieve a goal or task? Do you remember which one worked best?

Thomas Edison said that success or genius is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration. Does this ring true for you?

In contrast, the Pareto Principle states that for many events about 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

Is it possible to work smarter rather than harder so that 20% of the work you do will consistently bring us 80% results?

The path to success is riddled with memories of failure before figuring out how to overcome obstacles.

Many entrepreneurs struggle to achieve their goals every single day, week, month, quarter and year.

The truth is that if it was possible to remove all the setbacks, failures, obstacles, mental and emotional struggles from your life what is left may surprise you.

Instead of the process lasting 3, 5 or 10 years it may only take 6-12 months however the personal growth and maturity would be lacking.

In this post, you will learn why motivational quotes are important for work. Also, you will experience 21 motivational quotes for work from celebrities.

Why Motivational Quotes?

For the first time in life, I want to take a step back to get a better understanding as to why motivational quotes work so well.

I never considered it an oddity because it just seems to be something that has been in existence for a long time.

In an article on Fast Company by Gwen Moran, she with Psychologist and motivation expert Jonathan Fader revealed that not everyone is inspired by motivational quotes.

This came as a big surprise to me as I always assumed that people are inspired by quotes across the board.

Jonathan goes on to give a reason why quotes are so powerful to those that find them meaningful.

The coaching factor which applies to someone who has a mentor or a coach using a motivational quote to get them to perform.

Ward Farnsworth, dean of the University of Texas School of Law, talks about the power of language.

He believes that people have an appetite for language that is expressed in a good way. Especially when the wording is written in a memorable way.

Scott Sobel, the founder of Media & Communication Strategies Inc., talks about the Primal Aspect.

Words from leaders hold more dignity because as humans we believe that these leaders are accomplished so we should listen to them.

Motivation Quotes Boosts Performance

Do you think that motivational quotes have a direct impact on your performance? Let's take a look at what we can learn from research.

Professor of Sport Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, Ian Maynard says that top tennis players apply this strategy (reading motivational quotes) to regain focus.

He goes on to say that most athletes worry about winning or losing, however, the one thing that they can control is their performance.

Vin Chaitanya Ganta in Motivation in the Workplace to Improve Employee Performance says that "Employee motivation has always been a central problem for leaders and managers."