Examples of phrases to motivate teams
- Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, answer that you can and then get busy learning how to do it. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- I have learned that mistakes can be as good teachers as success. Jack Welch
- Victory is not in always winning, but in never giving up – Napoleon Bonaparte
- Success is not achieved solely through special qualities. It is above all a matter of perseverance, method, and organisation. Victor Hugo
- The work which is never started is the one that takes longest to finish. J.R.R. Tolkien
- Nothing is particularly difficult if you break it down into small jobs. Henry Ford
- Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
- If it scares you, it's surely something you should try. Seth Godin
- Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. Michael Jordan
- Tell me and I will forget. Teach me and I will remember. Involve me and I will learn. Benjamin Franklin
- The only way to do great work is to love what you do. Steve Jobs
- When it seems like everything is against you, remember that an aeroplane takes off against the wind – Henry Ford
- If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship already taking off, don't ask what seat it is. Just get on! Sheryl Sandberg
- I have failed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have missed about 300 games. 26 times I have been entrusted to take the shot that would have won the game, and I missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeeded. Michael Jordan
- An optimist sees opportunities in every calamity. A pessimist sees calamities in every opportunity. Sir Winston Churchill
- The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
- The key to success: wanting to win, knowing how to lose. Niccolò Machiavelli
- Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain... Vivian Greene
- I am always doing things I don't know how to do, so I have to learn to do them. Pablo Picasso
- Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca
Are you determined to try some of these phrases?
