12.02.2021

Marketing & Creative

25 inspirational quotes to keep you motivated for business

5 min read

Jenna

As we approach the one year mark of Covid-19, there’s no denying that this year has been a challenge for most businesses. In this blog, we share some inspirational quotes that will keep you inspired to succeed in 2021.

Whether your company collapsed under the weight of national lockdowns or rose to fame in the tech world we now find ourselves living in, every single person, in every single business, all over the world, was forced to adapt, change and motivate themselves to succeed in a new way.

And despite there now being light at the end of the tunnel, continued pressure to grow and churn revenue as business means it can be difficult to stay motivated. 

Sometimes, all we need is an extra dose of inspiration to put us back on our path for success and keep us motivated for a new year.

So, without further ado, here’s Huble Digital’s top 25 quotes to inspire you for business success. Now, get out there and change the world!

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  1. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

  2. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”― Stephen King

  3. “Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you.” –  Michelle Obama 

  4. "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."-- Steve Jobs

  5. Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives” –  Jack Ma

  6. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy

  7. “Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.” – William George Jordan

  8. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

  9. “Play by the rules, but be ferocious.” – Phil Knight

  10. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." – John D. Rockefeller

  11. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

  12. The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis

  13. “There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.” – Seth Godin

  14. "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." –  Thomas Jefferson

  15. "Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success." –  Thomas J. Watson

  16. “First, think. Second, dream. Third, believe. And finally, dare.” –  Walt Disney

  17. "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse." –  Jim Rohn

  18. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration” –  Thomas Edison

  19. “Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules” –  Seth Godin

  20. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… in a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking any risks” –  Mark Zuckerberg

  21. “Always deliver more than expected” –  Larry Page

  22. “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all” –  Michael LeBoeuf

  23. “A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for” –  John A. Shedd

  24. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” –  Vince Lombardi

  25. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” –  Peter Drucker

We’d love to hear your own motivational quotes too! Share the blog on LinkedIn with your own favourite quote so we can spread a little joy in these difficult times. You can also add the Google Momentum extension for daily affirmations every time you open a browser tab. Find out more here.

If you would like to find out more on how to use Hubspot to enable your marketing, sales, and service teams, please get in touch with a Huble Digital consultant.

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