Jump to Quotes
There are two types of people in the world; those who see Wednesday as being halfway to the weekend, and those who see it as ‘only’ halfway to the weekend, and which camp you fall into will determine how the rest of your week goes. Colloquially known as Hump Day, this midpoint in the working week can really bring you down in the dumps, but by changing your mindset around this significant day, the weekend will come around again before you know it.
With Wednesday quotes by some of the world’s most influential people, this list might just hold the key to improving your productivity and making you feel better than ever before. While not all of these quotes are specifically about Wednesdays, they can all be applied to the midweek blues to light a fire and spur you on to success.
The people in this list of Wednesday quotes are, or were, go-getters, and all of them achieved great things in their chosen fields, from acting to writing, and politics to sports (and everything in-between). Take a leaf out of their collective book and start looking at Hump Day as a great time to get motivated to do bigger and better things than you’ve done so far.
For more daily words of motivation and encouragement, take a look at these these motivational monday quotes.
Happy Wednesday Quotes
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
“I’ve been working on ‘The New York Times’ crossword puzzle on the subway. I can make it until about Wednesday.” – Eddie Kaye Thomas
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
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“I’ve been on a number of teams where there are guys you can’t stand seeing walking into the facility on a Wednesday.” – Carson Palmer
“John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn’t he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.” – Nick Faldo
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Every mistake you make is only increasing your odds of succeeding.” – Nick Laporta
“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” – John Wyndham
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.” – Gerard Way
“Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.” – Gordon Parks
“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.” – Nathan W. Morris
“Light tomorrow with today.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.” – Eric Thomas
“A Wednesday with no rain is a dry hump day.” – Demetri Martin
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“To some, it’s Hump Day. To us, it’s Wednesday’s getting its ass kicked and Thursday just asking Friday to switch places.” – Dwayne Johnson
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life. You and only you are accountable for what you extend and give to others. One smile not only increases your value but it gives joy to each person you meet.” – Byron Pulsifer
“When Wednesday morning came the weather was very fine, And the sun in the heavens brightly did shine, And continued so all the live long day.” – William Topaz McGonagall
“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.” – Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” – Bruce Feirstein
“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman
“Wednesdays will always bring smiles for the second half of the week.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Being strong means rejoicing in who you are, complete with imperfections.” – Margaret Woodhouse
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely.” – Charles Dickens
“The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” – Napoleon Hill
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Keep up the good work.” – Kevin Eubanks
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
“There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.” – Roger Staubach
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
“Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” – Hamilton Holt
“Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.” – Walter Moers
“They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.” – Robert A. Heinlein
“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
“It’s half past Wednesday. F*ck the first part of the week.” – Brett Maline, Half Past Wednesday
“Focus on good thoughts and good things will happen. Happy Wednesday stay positive. Think positive. Do positive a very good morning.” – Anonymous
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Life is about making an impact, changing things and leaving things better than you found them.” – Munmi Sarma
“It’s a bad day when you don’t get the work done that you need to get done or you don’t get it done to the satisfaction.” – David Fincher
“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” –
“We choose to go to the moon and do these other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington
“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” – Henry Ford
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz
“Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – Lolly Daskal
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
“A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.” – Ray A. Davis
“Block your call like Dikembe. And I go downtown on a Wednesday.” – Lance Pique, Wednesday
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
“It’s a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest-ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.” – Veerappa Moily
“Wednesday: Halfwayto the weekend! Enjoy your day!” – Unknown
“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham
“Wednesday is the angel of the week because she balances the days evenly for us. Sun, Mon, Tues -Wednesday – Thu, Fri, Sat.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“When it’s night time in Italy it’s Wednesday over here.” – The Everly Brothers, When it’s Night Time in Italy it’s Wednesday Over Here
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells
“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” – Robert H Schuller
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” – Coco Chanel
“One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down.” – Allen H Neuharth
“Happy Wednesday! Happiness is found from within when you learn to appreciate your blessings, LIVE in the present and LOVE!” – Tracey Edmond
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” – H.L. Hunt
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
“Stuck inside on a Wednesday. Don’t got nowhere to go.” – Dogwood Days, Wednesday
“You make mistakes, mistakes don’t make you.” – Maxwell Maltz
“A little progress each day adds up to big results.” – Satya Nani
“A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.” – Alistair Cook
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss
“My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.” – Arsene Wenger
“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.” – Shannon L. Alder
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.” – Robin Hood
“Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Alva Edison
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” – Booker T. Washington
“When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience.” – Scott Curran
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“I do remember dreamy Wednesdays in the rain, creative pain.” – The Wannadies
“Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel. . . smelling of changes to come.” – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“Keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Home may be where the heart is, but it’s no place to spend Wednesday afternoon.” – Walker Percy
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” – Sheryl Sandberg
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” – James Allen
“Live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle.” – Jojo Moyes
“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” – George Allen, Sr.
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“Heaven knows the difference between Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon. God longs to speak as clearly in the workplace as He does in the sanctuary.” – Max Lucado
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.” – Anthony Robbins
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi
“I’ve heard on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but I’ve never heard of Someday.” – Reverend Ike
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.” – James Oppenheim
“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
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The first step is you have to say that you can.” – Will Smith
“Welcome to Wednesday. Everything is shaping up; it’s Wednesday. Are you ready to greet the day like it’s Wednesday?” – Trekker, Wednesday
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
“Wednesday a junior came to me, and told me I was to be hazed as I left the Opera House Friday night.” – Richard Harding Davis
“Let Wednesday put a rainbow into your life.” – Anthony Hawes
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
“I cannot let the fear of the past color the future.” – Julie Kagawa
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
“Wednesday will either make you or break you. You are either on the upward trend or the downward slide to the end of the work week. Give it all you got this Wednesday!” – Catherine Pulsifer.
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” – Calvin Coolidge
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
“If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
“My wife and I go to movies every Wednesday.” – Rza
“When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
“At school, I was only allowed four sweets every Wednesday, so I’ve developed an addiction.” – Trinny Woodall
“On Wednesdays we wear pink.” – Mean Girls
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.” – William James
“On Wednesday they’re feelin’ fine again. And they’re workin’ like a dog and diggin’ in.” – Johnny Cash
“We must move forward, we must continue to dream and we must stay focused in order to overcome.” – Ron Walker
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts
“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” – Earl Nightingale
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” – Harley Davidson
“If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.” – George Carlin
“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” – Jack Welch
“Elephants love Wednesday, and so will you.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua Marine
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
“The love you gave me ruined every little thing for me. To you its just another Wednesday.” – Ethan Cheatwood, Wednesday
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
“Things aren’t always easy, but you just have to keep going and don’t let the small stuff bog you down.” – Stella Maeve
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
“Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” – Zig Ziglar
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden
“Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.” – Connor Franta
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
“The greatest mistake you can ever make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.” – Ellen Hubbard
“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” – Albert Camus
“Surround yourself with people who are going to motivate and inspire you.” – Charles Marcus
“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
“The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali
“Happy Wednesday! Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything.” – Kit Williams
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” –
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circ*mstance.” – Bruce Barton
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda
“Courage is one step ahead of fear.” – Coleman Young
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