After a rough day in the office or when toying with the idea of pushing forward with a new venture, a bit of inspiration can go a long way.

Don’t take our word for it – here we’ve rounded up 20 of the most sage, inspirational, oh-my-god-screw-my-boss-I’m-moving-to-Bali-to become-an-internet-tycoon quotes from some of the world’s most successful people in their field.

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1. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”

Who: James Cameron

What: Three-time Oscar-winning director

Worth: £557m

2. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

Who: Steve Jobs

What: Co-founder of Apple and founder of Pixar

Worth: £8bn

3. “If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.”

Who: Leonardo DiCaprio

What: Oscar-winning actor and activist

Worth: £195m

4. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”

Who: Barack Obama

What: 44th president of the United States of America

Worth: £9m

5. “Success is the best revenge for anything. Keep your head down and work hard to achieve.”

Who: Ed Sheeran

What: Fastest-selling male artist in history

Worth: £27m

6. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

Who: Tony Hsieh

What: Internet entrepreneur

Worth: £668m

7. “Excellence to me comes down to life organization. Education and dedication, with belief, with family. Quality is the amount of time you put into these things, to make you the full package. Excellence is making sure you understand the importance of putting things in order. Quality is the amount of time you put into the things you put in order.”

Who: Anthony Joshua

What: Heavyweight champion of the world and Olympic gold medal holder

Worth: Projected to be the first billionaire boxer

8. “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.”

Who: Drake

What: Record-breaking musician

Worth: £47m

9. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”

Who: Henry Ford

What: Founder of The Ford Motor Company and the ninth richest person of all time Worth: £148bn