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Motivational quotes for work Work motivation is most useful when it respects the work itself. These verified public-domain quotations focus on purposeful effort, learning, courage, self-command, teamwork and service—not empty promises of instant success. Use them to open a meeting, encourage a colleague, reset after a setback or reconnect a difficult task to a worthwhile goal.. Each quotation includes a traceable source and approved rights status.
Reviewed 27 July 2026 · Quotes.org.in editorial desk · 17 verified quotations
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Indian poetry and wisdom, read in context. 10 selections on this page come from verified public-domain Indian editions, including 2 in Hindi where available. Author and source pages explain the original work, wording, translation and editorial method.
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17 verified quotes
✓ Source verified “Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?” Confucius
Analects, Book 1 · View source
✓ Source verified “When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.” Confucius
Analects, Book 7 (Shu Er) · View source
✓ Source verified “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” William Shakespeare
As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1 · View source
✓ Source verified “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, First Series — Circles · View source
✓ Source verified “Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4 · View source
✓ Source verified “The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.” Confucius
Analects, Book 14 (Xian Wen) · View source
✓ Source verified “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 · View source
✓ Source verified “Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.” Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali, poem 36 · View source
✓ Source verified “Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.” Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works, Volume 3 — The Vedanta · View source
✓ Source verified “Within you lies indomitable power.” Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works, Volume 7 — Conversations and Dialogues VII · View source
✓ Source verified “Knowledge is nothing but finding unity in the midst of diversity.” Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works, Volume 3 — The Vedanta · View source
✓ Source verified “Work is more excellent than idleness.” Bhagavad Gita
The Song Celestial, Chapter III — Edwin Arnold translation · View source
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