30 Hr Quotes to Uplift and Motivate HR Professionals

We all need our regular doses of motivation to keep us get going. Like Zig Ziglar rightly quoted, "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That is why we recommend it daily."

We live in a world where there is an ample amount of motivation that you can consume from podcasts, motivational videos, or blogs. It is upto you which medium you are comfortable in to get your daily motivation.

In this unprecedented situation (all thanks to novel Covid-19), the HR professionals are struggling with the new work challenges. And they are trying hard to push the envelopes in building and strategizing new policies to accommodate the remote employees.

Therefore, to uplift and motivate HR professionals, here are the 30 HR quotes.

1. Steve Wynne

Human Resource isn't a thing we do, it's the thing that runs our business.

2. Simon Sinek

When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.

3. Peter Schutz

Hire character. Train skill.

4. Steve Jobs

You cannot mandate productivity; you must provide the tools to let people become their best.

5. Jack Welch

HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?

6. Lee Iacocca

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

7. Mark Zuckerberg

Treat your employees right, so they won't use your internet to search for a new job.

8. Mark Hortsman

People and their behaviors are what deliver results to your organization. Not systems, not processes, not computers, not machines.

9. Doug Conant

To win in the marketplace, you must first win the workplace.

10. Rutvik Oza

Accepted that we all are human resources, but we are humans first and resources later.

11. Ken Robinson

Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep You have to go looking for them; they're not just lying around on the surface You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.

12. Bill Gates

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

13. Lawrence Bossidy

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies.

14. Julie Bevacqua

In order to build a rewarding employee experience, you need to understand what matters most to your people.

15. Renee West

You can have the best strategy and the best building in the world, but if you don't have the hearts and minds of the people who work with you, none of it comes to life.

16. Stephen Covey

So often, the problem is in the system, not in the people, and if you put good people in bad systems, you get bad results.

17. Robert Half

Time spent on hiring is time well spent.

18. Akio Morita

I emphasize this- no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

19. Phil Jackson

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

20. Rob Silzer

Financial Resources may be the lifeblood of a company, but human resources are the brains.

21. David Ogilvy

If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

22. Bob Nardelli

I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities.

23. Craig A. Meadows

I enjoy the challenges of improving policies and procedures that will facilitate growth, maintain control and increase the success of our clients.

24. Richard Branson

Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.

25. Meghan Biro

Employees engage with employers and brands when they're treated as humans.

26. Bill Gates

The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area.

27. Sara Blakely

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

28. Thomas John Watson, Sr.

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company 600,000. No, I replied, I just spent 600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience.

29. Mark Victor Hansen

The only waste of human resources is letting them go unused.

30. Kahlil Gibran

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

This article is written by Braja Deepon Roy. He works as a Content Creator and Digital Marketer at Vantage Circle. He actively participates in the growth of corporate culture and keeps himself updated in this space. For any related queries, contact editor@vantagecircle.com