35 Quotes About Work Ethic

Time to ask yourself, how dedicated are you to your job? Or how determined are you about your career?

Your daily habits should answer this questions easily: Your punctuality to come to work, your ability to work with a team, your capability to be productive, your daily discipline, your desire to do more, your honesty and integrity. 

Good professionalism is all about having a strong work ethic, the determination to work hard to achieve the results you want or your boss demands from you. 

To help you out, and to give you a boost on your efforts to improve your work ethic, we've selected the best 35 quotes about work ethic we could find. Enjoy it and good work!

35 Quotes About Work Ethic

1. “Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.” - Jerry Rice

2. “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

3. “Work until your idols become your rivals.”

4. "There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits." - Michael Phelps

5. "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward

6. "Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers." - Magic Johnson

7. "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

8. "Don't work until you're tired. work until you're done."

9. "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

10. "Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up" - Dwayne Johnson

11. “If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.” - Jim Rohn

12. "Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change." - Kobe Bryant

13. “You don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.”

14. "I am just an average man, but by God I work harder than the average man." - Winston Churchill

15. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” - James N. Watkins

16. "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

17. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” - Estée Lauder

18. "Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong."

19. "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted." - David Bly

20. "If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you." - Fred DeVito

21. "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

22. "Work so hard that one day your signature will be called an autograph."

23. "I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it." - Viggo Mortensen

24. "Keep working even when no one is watching." - Alex Morgan

25. "Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."

26. "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." - Abraham Lincoln

27. “There are only two options: Make progress or make excuses.” - Tony Robbins

28. “If you are not willing to learn no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” - Zig Ziglar

29. "If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all." - Michelangelo

30. "Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don't want to do it."

31. "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

32. “Dreams don't work unless you do.” - John C. Maxwell

33. "Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old." - Lisa Leslie

34. "The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty." - Alex Spanos

35. "When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work." - George Bernard Shaw

Hope you've enjoyed our selection of quotes about work ethic, and now you feel ready to improve and do a great work!

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