Our list of the best funny and positive Monday work quotes and sayings for a happy start the week on the right foot.
Monday Work Quotes
“So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends – but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more positive partnership.” – Julio Alexi Genao
“Your attitude is either the lock on or key to your door of success.” — Denis Waitley
I follow my passion at work—the passion for not working overtime.
“Work hard. Play hard. Be kind.” — Harry Styles
Work-life balance is like a unicorn; often discussed, rarely spotted.
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” — Henry Ford
“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
“If each day is a gift, I’d like to know where to return Mondays!” – John Wagner
My team follows a strict diet: we swallow our pride.
“I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich.” — Jim Carrey
“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” — Don Herold
“There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.” — Hillary Clinton
“Go and get your things. Dreams mean work.” — Paolo Coelho
Stress? That’s just my adult word for ‘too much adulting.
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that’s a big part of what does make it work.” ― Shelley Long
“What do sharks do on Monday mornings? They get up and start biting. That’s me.” – Gemma Collins
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” — Larry Page
“The best weeks start on Monday.” – Nice Peter
“The challenge of every Monday is to maintain the same vitality in each and every day of the week.” – Byron Pulsifer
“The biggest thrill wasn’t in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.” – Art Rooney
“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
Stress level: Trying to fold a fitted sheet.
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No Excuses.” — Kobe Bryant
“I have to go to work on Mondays and yes everyone hates Mondays. But I look at it a little differently. I don’t have to work, I GET to work. I am blessed to have a job while many don’t have one.” – Dinky Manuel
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” — Dale Carnegie
I don’t wear the same clothes to work every day. I wear pajamas to work every day.
Work smarter, not harder—unless you’re trying to impress your boss.
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
“The awfulness of Monday mornings is the world’s greatest common denominator. To the millionaire and the coolie it is the same, because there can be nothing worse.” – Kenneth Fearing
“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” — Elon Musk
My coffee mug may be half empty, but my job satisfaction is full… of sarcasm.
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’m not stressed. I’m just passionately chaotic.
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
“Mondays are the start of the work week which offers new beginnings 52 times a year!” – David Dweck
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” — Jim Rohn
“Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett
Office coffee is like office gossip—strong, bitter, and never enough.
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” — G.K. Neilson
“Don’t let a day of the week have so much power over your happiness. Happy Monday!” – Andrea L’Artiste
“Monday is a sloppy umbrella day, which makes everybody a little blue.” – George Leedy
I’m not lazy; I’m in energy-saving mode.
Coworkers make work interesting-sometimes for reasons we cannot explain
“I know it’s Monday, but it’s also a new day, a new week, and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.” – Michael Ely
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” — Ursula Le Guin
“One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.” — Robert Brault
“Everyday is Monday….till Friday.” – Viktor VolksPrater
“Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” — Iain Duncan Smith
“Mondays are the start of the work week which offers new beginnings 52 times a year!” – David Dweck
“It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.” — Mark Cuban
Our team is environmentally friendly: we recycle all our unused ideas.
“When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it is Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.” – Edmond Mbiaka
My computer asked me to start ‘living’ today. I think it needs an update.
“Some mornings I just feel like breaking the damn alarm but then one thing always stops me. I paid hundreds of dollars to buy my phone.” — Job Might
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
My boss said I intimidate others. I said, ‘Good, I’m doing my job.’
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
Procrastinators unite…tomorrow.
“Hard work is an essential element in tracking down and perfecting a strategy or in executing it.” — Charlie Munger
I’m not antisocial; I’m just selectively social. Mainly, I select not to.
“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” — Lowell Thomas
“Monday isn’t that bad to be honest, What makes it bad is living in it.” – Day
“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.” — Ed Bradley
“Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself… Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.” — Conor McGregor
“Like the song says, rainy days and Mondays always get ya down.” – Haruki Murakami
“I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” — Larry King
“The more you are positive and say, ‘I want to have a good life,’ the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.” ― Chris Pine
My paycheck is like a magic trick, one minute it’s there and the next—poof—gone.
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.“ — Alexander Graham Bell
“Keep the dream alive: Hit the snooze button.” — Punit Ghadge
“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.” ― Bo Bennett
My workday starts after my coffee ends.
They say time flies when you’re having fun. Is that why this work year felt like a century?
“Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.” — Joseph Barbara
“Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code.” – Dan Salomon
“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.” – Steven Wright
“I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday. I must break the mindset of unhappiness and turn myself into a happy magnet for Mondays.” – Leggy Saul
“When reality and dreams collide, typically it’s just your alarm clock going off.” — Crystal Woods
I communicate best through sarcastic emails and passive-aggressive notes.
“Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want.” — Prabakaran Thirumalai
“Your Monday is not going to be like Saturday; the emotions are going to be different.” – Jean Grae
The walk from my desk to the break room was nice. I might go on vacation there again tomorrow.
“Every Monday you wake up is a day to make a change.” – Irvine Welsh
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” — David Bly
Some people graduate with honors; I am just honored to graduate.
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
My keyboard is my instrument, and I’m composing the symphony of hard work.
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” — Denis Waitley
Another year down and you’re still the reigning champion of the ‘longest lunch break’. Congrats!
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” — Stephen R. Covey
“Keep positive. Stay focused. Stand strong. Fight on.” — Matshona Dhliwayo
I’m not stressed. I’m just trying to figure out how to avoid working.
“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” ― George Allen, Sr
A meeting is an event where minutes are kept and hours are lost.
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ― Willie Nelson
This meeting could have been an email.
Working hard or hardly working? Why not both?
“The reward for good work is more work.” — Francesca Elisia
I wear a suit because my job is serious, but my heart says sweatpants.
“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who needs a work-life balance when you have free office snacks?
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
Why work harder when you can work smarter…and blame it on your coworkers?
“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning.” — Gordon B. Kinkley
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” — Napoleon Hill
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Sills
“I’m sorry for people who don’t drink. They wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra
Productivity is just procrastination with deadlines.
At work, I’m as stealthy as a cat. Nobody notices me until I step on a computer mouse.
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything.” — Antoine Griezmann
“I hate mornings, they start so early.” — Janet Evanovich
“When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” – Ella Woodward
Teamwork is dreamwork, and dreams are mostly weird.
“If you want to be successful, find out what the price is and then pay it.” — Scott Adam
“The only good Monday is a Monday in bed” – Lee Horton
“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” — Robert Frost
“With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything.” — Antoine Griezmann
“I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.” — Lewis Black
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees and then kindness.” — Nanea Hoffman
Teamwork makes the dream work…unless your team sucks.
“You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic.” – Andrea L’Artiste
“Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don’t do them anymore.” — Rachel Caine
“Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.” — Patrick Suskind
Work hard, dream big, and keep your Wi-Fi signal strong.
“Today I am doing better than yesterday, and tomorrow I hope to be doing better than I am today. And two days from now? Well, that’s a Monday, so I’ll be feeling shitty.” ― Jarod Kintz
“Delegate your work. Stop spending dollar time on penny jobs.” — Mary Kay Ash
I have a great work-life balance: 70% work, 30% pretending to work.
“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.” – Germany Kent
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” — Olin Miller
“I’ve always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.” ― Thalia
I’ve tried yoga, but I find stress less boring.
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin
Keep calm and pretend this is on the lesson plan.
I don’t have time to manage my time; I’m too busy trying to manage my distractions.
“A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning – to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.” — Karen Salmansohn
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” — Michael John Bobak
“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
“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
My job taught me the art of the invisible: doing nothing and looking busy.
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” — Albert Einstein
I used up all my sick leave, so I called in dead.
“Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.” — Hill Harper
I need a 6-month vacation, twice a year.
“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.” — Glen Cook
“The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Albert Schweitzer
My team is great. We work together like an old car: it takes time to get started
The best part of coming to work is going home at the end of the day.
I always try to go the extra mile at work, but my boss always finds me and brings me back.
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vince Lombardi
“Good morning is a contradiction of terms.” — Jim Davis
Stress is the secret ingredient to a successful workday.
“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.” — Paul Henderson
“Mondays are mundane, like Tuesdays minus 24 hours.”- Jarod Kintz
“This has been such a Monday! I wish I stayed in bed.” – Lisa Mantchev
Sometimes my greatest work accomplishment is just keeping my mouth shut.
“Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.” — Lou Holtz
“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus.” — Helen Hanson
“Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you’ll have much to live for.” ― Ralph Marston
“Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“There isn’t a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.” – Anton Chekhov
“Wake up on Monday and start your day with a lot of awesomeness and you will get happiness back.” – Jim Butcher
“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.” — Haile Gebrselassie
“Monday is for people with a mission.” – Christina Imre
I don’t get paid enough to care this much.
Hard work is its own reward after the coffee kicks in.
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
“Life is like Friday on a soap opera. It gives you the illusion that everything is going to wrap up, and then the same old shit starts up on Monday.” – Stephen King
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” — Harry Golden
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” — Abraham Lincoln
“For me, Monday represents a fresh start to the week. It is the day where the slate from the previous week is wiped clean. It is a day of new beginnings.” – Allen Smith
“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
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn
Stressed, blessed, and coffee obsessed.
“Monday is great for becoming too busy to die.” – Roy Station
My office dress code is: business on the top, pajamas on the bottom.
Our office doesn’t gossip; we distribute essential company news.
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“Monday is the day that opens up the week for many opportunities.” – R.K. Narayan
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Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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