Staying motivated and productive can be a challenge, no matter what your goals and dreams are. It’s easy to get sidetracked, distracted, or discouraged along the way. But even the most successful people have faced these obstacles, and their words of wisdom can help us push through and stay focused on our goals. Here are 40 productivity quotes from some of the most highly successful people, to help inspire and motivate you to achieve your dreams.

1. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -Francis Of Assisi

2. “Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss.” -Lee Lacocca

3. “All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.” -Plato

4. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” -Walt Disney

5. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” -Steve Jobs

6. “People often remark that I’m pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know how to use it.” -Frank Sinatra

7. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” -Oprah Winfrey

8. “Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in god’s hands.” -Mahatma Gandhi

9. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” -Albert Einstein

10. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” -Zig Ziglar

11. “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.” -Michael Jordan

12. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” -Norman Vincent Peale

13. “How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” -William Shakespeare

14. “The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” -Oscar Wilde

15. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” -Muhammad Ali

16. “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

17. “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” -John F. Kennedy

18. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill

19. “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” -Mark Twain

20. “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar

21. “Learning never exhausts the mind.” -Leonardo da Vinci

22. “Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” -John D. Rockefeller

23. “Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.” -John Locke

24. “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” -Sigmund Freud

25. “Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.” -Warren Buffett

26. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” -Henry Ford

27. “Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.” -Coco Chanel

28. “Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.” -Colin Powell

29. “Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.” -Bertrand Russell

30. “He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.” -Leonardo da Vinci

31. “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” -Zig Ziglar

32. “Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

33. “Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance.” -Robert Quillen

34. “Maintain your car, home, and other personal belongings you rely on.”

35. “Luck is not chance, it’s toil; Fortune’s expensive smile is earned.” -Emily Dickinson

36. “Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.” -Stephen hawking

37. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” -Pablo Picasso

38. “The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” -Ronald Reagan

39. “When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.” -Warren Buffett

40. “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” -John Wayne

These productivity quotes from highly successful people can help motivate and inspire you to work diligently and wholeheartedly toward your goals and dreams. They remind us that success is not just about talent or luck, but also about hard work and determination. As Oprah Winfrey said, “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” So, let these powerful productivity quotes guide you as you strive to achieve your goals and dreams, one step at a time.