Check out our list of the best short, funny and motivating Happy Thursday work quotes and sayings that are perfect for the office or the team.
Thursday Work Quotes and Sayings
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” ― Robert Collier
“Thursday is the most dangerous day of the week.” – Marty Stern
“We usually have margaritas on Thursdays but since it’s Tuesday I’ll make an exception.” – Chelsea Handler
I don’t have time to manage my time; I’m too busy trying to manage my distractions.
“Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.” ― Karolina Kurkova
“When you wake up are you ready to meet the day or has the day already beaten you? Your perspective, your life!” ― Monika Zands
“Wake up and dare to try… Time doesn’t care to fly!” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“Where people aren’t having fun, they seldom produce good work.” — David Ogilvy
Coworkers make work interesting-sometimes for reasons we cannot explain
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything.” — Antoine Griezmann
“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.“ — Alexander Graham Bell
I need a 6-month vacation, twice a year.
Teamwork is dreamwork, and dreams are mostly weird.
“A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” — Ralph Lauren
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“Wake up early every day so that while others are still dreaming, you can make your dreams come true.” ― Hal Elrod
“Today is a brand new day. Forget about yesterday; it does not matter. Forget about tomorrow; it will take care of itself. Concentrate on this day. Make it the best ever.” – Mary-Frances Winters
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” – Shelley Long
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
At work, I’m as stealthy as a cat. Nobody notices me until I step on a computer mouse.
“Teamwork. A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.” – Justin Sewell
“It’s just that Thursday’s twice as long as it should be.” – Harry Nilsson
My team is great. We work together like an old car: it takes time to get started
I used up all my sick leave, so I called in dead.
“All happiness depends on courage and work.” ― Honoré de Balzac
“In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly.” – Mark Sanborn
“It’s important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.” ― Paula Cole
“Thursday is one of the days of the week that I strive to maintain a positive outlook.” – Byron Pulsifer
My paycheck is like a magic trick, one minute it’s there and the next—poof—gone.
Our team is environmentally friendly: we recycle all our unused ideas.
“Thursdays bring a focus to our week to complete all that needs to be done.” – Byron Pulsifer
“One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“Effort is what is required on Thursday to finish all that needs to be done.” – Kate Summers
“If you take out the team in teamwork, it’s just work. Now who wants that?” – Matthew Woodring Stover
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
Work hard, dream big, and keep your Wi-Fi signal strong.
“Thursday is full of tenderness and kindness. So have a good day, and share it with those around you.” – Anthony T. Hincks
My keyboard is my instrument, and I’m composing the symphony of hard work.
“For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Thursday is a day to admit your mistakes and try to improve.” – Byron Pulsifer
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
A meeting is an event where minutes are kept and hours are lost.
“Thursday should start with a teabag of fun.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Life is made out of Thursday afternoons. You just keep having them one after the other and let everything else take care of itself.” – Tim Tharp
“Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.” — Joseph Barbara
“Every day brings you a chance to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance.” – Oprah Winfrey
“It was on a sweet Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday all had passed, Came the day I’d waited for at last.” – Johnny Mathis
“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman
“By Thursday, you know, jet fumes, the smell of jet fumes.” – Olympia Snowe
My team follows a strict diet: we swallow our pride.
“Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.” – Bill Vaughan
My coffee mug may be half empty, but my job satisfaction is full… of sarcasm.
“As I have gotten older and wiser I discovered that there are six things that I really loved about my job. Pay day, lunch time, quitting time, vacation time, holidays, and of course retirement.” — Tom Goins
“Let this Thursday be filled with possibilities – be aware of the opportunities around you, don’t just go through the day, live the day with your eyes and your mind open.” Catherine Pulsifer
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
I wear a suit because my job is serious, but my heart says sweatpants.
Working hard or hardly working? Why not both?
“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams.” – Israelmore Ayivor
My workday starts after my coffee ends.
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell
“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
“Don’t care about success or failure. Keep doing what you love. Success will follow.” ― Udai Yadla
“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
“Today is a brand new day. A perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
Work-life balance is like a unicorn; often discussed, rarely spotted.
This meeting could have been an email.
“The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life.” – Arnold Bennet
“All great beginnings start in the dark when the moon greets you on a new day at midnight.” – Shannon L. Alder
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” ― Alexander Graham Bell
“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” ― Henry Ford
I’ve tried yoga, but I find stress less boring.
“If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” — Larry Page
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ― Maya Angelou
“Every day, I like to wake up and remind myself to be grateful of the simple things.” ― Miranda Ker
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
“Make your snacks on Sunday, and you will be good to go until Thursday or so.” – Summer Sanders
“Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.” ― Jeff Bezos
Keep calm and pretend this is on the lesson plan.
“Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It’s nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long” – Nicci French
“When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.” – Steve Maraboli
Stress? That’s just my adult word for ‘too much adulting.
I have a great work-life balance: 70% work, 30% pretending to work.
“Thursday is one day closer to my expectation that everything I have done through the week culminates in progress.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Never mind those failures till yesterday. Each new day is a sequel of a wonderful life; gifted with hopes to succeed.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Why do people say they wish every day was Friday? If it was always Friday, we’d be here every freakin’ day.” — Ed Bernard
My job taught me the art of the invisible: doing nothing and looking busy.
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Start your Thursday with an attitude of optimism. It’s going to be a good day!” – Kate Summers
I follow my passion at work—the passion for not working overtime.
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King
Stress level: Trying to fold a fitted sheet.
“So I won’t wear makeup on Thursday, ‘Cause who I am is enough.” – Jess Glynne
Stressed, blessed, and coffee obsessed.
My office dress code is: business on the top, pajamas on the bottom.
Procrastinators unite…tomorrow.
“It could be Monday and I’d have on underwear saying Thursday. I just didn’t care.” – Sue Monk Kidd
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” ― Edward Everett Hale
“Team spirit is knowing and living the belief that what a group of people can accomplish together is much larger, far greater, and will exceed that which an individual can accomplish alone.” – Diane Arias
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ― Marcus Aurelius
Our office doesn’t gossip; we distribute essential company news.
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” ― Oliver Goldsmith
The walk from my desk to the break room was nice. I might go on vacation there again tomorrow.
“Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” ― Tena Desae
“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” ― Arnold H. Glasgow
“Thursday morning and the sun is early, Thursday morning and the trees are singing.” – Giles, Giles & Fripp
“People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same.” ― Percival Everett
Stress is the secret ingredient to a successful workday.
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
Another year down and you’re still the reigning champion of the ‘longest lunch break’. Congrats!
Productivity is just procrastination with deadlines.
“Monday is a blues day that goes for Tuesday, Wednesday’s just the middle of the week, Friday is just another payday, the weekend’s just another heyday, But Thursday’s surreptitiously unique. That’s why I didn’t go to work today.” – Harry Nilsson
“You can quit anything on a Thursday.” – Bob Goff
My boss said I intimidate others. I said, ‘Good, I’m doing my job.’
“By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.” – William Scranton
“Thursday has its own peculiar way, Of saying “Hey.”” – Harry Nilsson
Work smarter, not harder—unless you’re trying to impress your boss.
“It’s Thursday! While pursuing your goals for the workweek, take time to appreciate what you’ve already accomplished.” – Unknown
I communicate best through sarcastic emails and passive-aggressive notes.
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” — Zig Ziglar
“Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.” ― Kenneth Branagh
“Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.” — Brian Tracy
“Hit the reset button. Whatever happened yesterday, forget about it. Get a new perspective. Today is a new day. Start fresh, begin now.” – Germany Kent
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“This Thursday, expect nothing. Work hard. Appreciate everything.” – Unknown
“Thursday is the future that I’ve been waiting to experience.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Success is not about never falling, but about rising every time you fall.” ― Michelle Cohen Corasanti
“Every day that you open your eyes is a new day and another day to get it right.” – Jean Renee Porter
“The reward for good work is more work.” — Francesca Elisia
“Thursday is full of timeless thoughts and marshmallow dreams.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Thursday, I forecast as mostly sunny. It’s a much-needed break.” – John Farley
“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” ― George Allen, Sr
“The nicest thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” — Margaret Carty
My computer asked me to start ‘living’ today. I think it needs an update.
Some people graduate with honors; I am just honored to graduate.
I’m not lazy; I’m in energy-saving mode.
“Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
I’m not antisocial; I’m just selectively social. Mainly, I select not to.
“Live Life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.” ― Albert Einstein
“The ratio of we’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.” – Lewis B. Ergen
“Never stop dreaming. Wake up and chase your dreams.” ― Gift Gugu Mona
“The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
They say time flies when you’re having fun. Is that why this work year felt like a century?
“It’s Thursday. The excitement and anticipation build for the upcoming weekend.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Happy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness. Share a smile and make it a great day.” – Tracey Edmonds
“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.” – Jef Raskin
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
The best part of coming to work is going home at the end of the day.
“On this Thursday take nothing for granted. Look around and show gratitude for your work, your family, and your friends.” – Theodore W. Higginsworth
“One small positive thought on this Thursday morning can change your whole day.” – Tahnni Dupre
I’m not stressed. I’m just passionately chaotic.
“Having a positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.” ― Natalie Massenet
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
I don’t get paid enough to care this much.
“Teamwork is the lynchpin in our long-term success.” – Ned Lautenbach
I don’t wear the same clothes to work every day. I wear pajamas to work every day.
“…By the time Thursday rolls around, you stay in, and you work, and you don’t go out because it’s horrible.” – El-P
“When you work hard, you are not going to be happy the whole time, you are going to have frustration, bad times in life.” ― Emiliano Martinez
“You can make a small change in a day. If you change Thursday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it’s a week, then a month, then a year. It’s bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes.” Hoda Kotb
Sometimes my greatest work accomplishment is just keeping my mouth shut.
“The road to success is always under construction.” ― Lily Tomlin
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy is, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman
Office coffee is like office gossip—strong, bitter, and never enough.
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” ― John Wooden
“Hard work is an essential element in tracking down and perfecting a strategy or in executing it.” — Charlie Munger
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” – J.B. Priestley
“As the end of the week approaches, Thursday should be a day for persistence not inconsistence.” – Byron Pulsifer
Why work harder when you can work smarter…and blame it on your coworkers?
“Thursday has its own peculiar way of saying, “Hey”, Sometimes Thursday almost makes you want to run away.” – Harry Nilsson
Hard work is its own reward after the coffee kicks in.
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'” ― Jim Carrey
Teamwork makes the dream work…unless your team sucks.
“The way team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” — Harry Golden
“Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.” ― Wilfred Peterson
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin
“And whether it is Thursday or the day is stormy, With thunder and rain, or the birds attack each other, We have rolled into another dream.” – John Ashbery
I’m not stressed. I’m just trying to figure out how to avoid working.
I always try to go the extra mile at work, but my boss always finds me and brings me back.
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
I’m just here to collect a paycheck
“Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want.” — Prabakaran Thirumalai
“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying.” — Rita Rudner
“Wake up. Be thankful. For whatever happens on this day, you are endlessly given the chance to start again-to be alive. And all of us should wish for that.” ― Carew Papritz
“Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” ― Tena Desae
“Thursday is party day for the week that surrounds it.” – Anthony T. Hincks
Who needs a work-life balance when you have free office snacks?
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