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Business Thank You Quotes for your Boss, Employer, Manager, Coworkers, Colleagues, Employees & Staff

"Work is not man's punishment.
It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure."
George Sand (1804-1876), French novelist
The words 'thank you' are just as important in business and professional contexts as they are in your personal life – in fact, some top business men and women claim that their success is based on always showing appreciation to those who have helped them professionally!
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Here is a selection of gratitude quotes for thanking your employer, boss, manager, colleagues, coworkers, staff & employees, or indeed anyone and everyone who has helped you at your workplace, in your business or in corporate life - be it for a bonus, a promotion, or on any other occasion.

For more great quotes that are useful for thanking and showing appreciation to people in a business, corporate and professional context, see also: Thank You Quotes & Sayings for Help, Assistance & Great Service.

To make it easier for you to find a suitable quote I have split the page up into sections:


Thank You Quotes for your boss, manager, employer or mentor: showing gratitude for opportunities, encouragement & support


If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, philosopher & scientist


The greatest gift anyone can give another person: believing in them.
Paraphrased from a quote by Jim Valvano (1946-1993), American college basketball coach: "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."


The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States (from 1901 to 1909)


I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
Jonas Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher who discovered the polio vaccine


Thanks, sir; all the rest is mute.
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: All's Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3



Thank You Quotes for colleagues, coworkers & partners: thanks & appreciation for teamwork & cooperation


Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller (1880-1968), American deafblind author, activist & lecturer


It's not where you are in life, it's who you have by your side that matters.
Author unknown


Light is the task when many share the toil.
Homer (~8th century BC), Greek poet


Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.
Cary Grant (1904-1986), English-American film actor


If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright & journalist


We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States (from 1913 to 1921)


An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
Publilius Syrus (1st century BC), Roman writer of maxims





Thank You Quotes for employees: praising their skills, character & approach to work


We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928), American writer


I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States (from 1861 to 1865)


Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.
J.C. Watts (b. 1957), American politician


Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Henry Ford (1863-1947), American founder of the Ford Motor Company


Apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1979), American motivational author


Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.
Author unknown


If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Alan K. Simpson (b. 1931), American politician


Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Quote by Henry Ford (1863-1947), American founder of the Ford Motor Company


The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.
Susan RoAne, American networking expert, motivational speaker & author


Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English author & creator of A Dictionary of the English Language


Well then, if ever I thank any man, I'll thank you.
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: As You Like It, Act II, Scene 5




Thank you quotes for business help: favors, information, advice & encouragement


The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
Attributed to John E. Southard


Praise the bridge that carried you over.
George Colman "the Younger" (1762-1836), English dramatist & writer


Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), American Supreme Court Justice


You gave me your time, the most thoughtful gift of all. – Quote by Dan Zadra, American communications consultant, publisher & motivational author. From: <em>Gratitude</em>


There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.
Frank Tyger (1929-2011), American cartoonist & writer


You gave me your time, the most thoughtful gift of all.
Dan Zadra, American communications consultant, publisher & motivational author. From: Gratitude


A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track, – but one inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American priest & social reformer


It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Traditional saying


The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), American author & journalist


To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), American author & aviator


It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw (b. 1940), American TV journalist & author


I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Prime Minister & novelist


I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks...
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 3


I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks... Quote by William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright and poet. From: Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 3




Thank You Quotes for the business payments of bills, invoices & debts


He gives twice who gives quickly.
Publilius Syrus (1st century BC), Roman writer of maxims


It's not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It's the customer who pays the wages.
Henry Ford (1863-1947), American founder of the Ford Motor Company




Thank You Quotes for business success: praise and appreciation for staff, employees & colleagues for a job well done


Success is the child of audacity.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Prime Minister & novelist


Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Seneca (~4 BC–65 AD), Roman philosopher, statesman & dramatist


Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Richard Bach (b. 1936), American writer


Change always comes bearing gifts.
Price Pritchett (b. 1941), American business advisor & change expert


So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939), American activist for the rights of children




Thank You Quotes for trying & making an effort... and encouragement after failure


If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Woody Allen (b. 1935), American actor, director, comedian & author


He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
Richard Whately (1787-1863), English theologian & Archbishop of Dublin


A first failure is often a blessing.
Attributed to A.L. Brown


I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor of the light bulb


Every failure is a step to success.
William Whewell (1794-1866), English priest & polymath


Every failure is a step to success. Quote by William Whewell (1794-1866), English priest and polymath


Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.
Attributed to Gene Brown


Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher, politician & teacher


Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet


Do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), First Lady of the United States (from 1933 to 1945)


Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote (1924-1984), American author