74 Company Culture Quotes To Put on Digital Signage

Every successful organization has two things in common: a lot of great people, and a great company culture.

So if you’re looking for a fun, simple way to reinforce said culture, just start with a quote, and put it on a screen where everyone can see it. 😎

We’ve gathered up 74 company culture quotes from co-founders, human relations leaders, motivational speakers, and beyond. You’ll have everything you need to establish (or recreate) an effective culture, plus put your favorite quotes on the big screen with some of Fugo’s free digital signage templates.

Sidenote; we realize there are two different flavors of company culture quotes: ones for your team, and ones for your leadership. We’ve taken the liberty of adding both to this roundup so you can pick and choose the context that makes sense for your brand. 

Inspiring company culture quotes for everyone on your team

Ready to highlight the importance of company culture for your team?

These inspirational company culture quotes offer a little something for everyone:

Positive work environment quotes

1. A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.” — Richard M. DeVos
2. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions — and a good place to work helps a lot.” — Dalai Lama (adapted)
3. “Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘me’ for the ‘we’.” — Phil Jackson
4. “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” — Dale Carnegie
5. “A healthy work environment isn’t a luxury. It’s a launchpad.” — Unknown
6. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” — Conan O'Brien
7. “You don't build a business. You build people, and people build the business.” — Zig Ziglar
8. “When you take care of your people, your people take care of your business.” — Richard Branson
9. “A great workplace is not defined by perks. It’s defined by how people treat each other.” — Unknown
10. “Our secret weapon for building the best culture is open and honest feedback.” — Gina Lau
11. “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.” — Simon Sinek
12. “A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” — Mary Kay Ash

Leadership and professional quotes for work

A strong corporate culture starts with strong corporate leaders. Fortunately, we also know that great leaders are often inspired by great company values. 

Here are some inspirational quotes that speak to the importance of strong leadership, including the role of a leader in developing a great company culture and future innovation. 

13. “Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.” ― Sheryl Sandberg
14. “The leader's job isn't to have all the new ideas. It's to make sure all the ideas are heard and that the best one wins.” – Chris Hawker
15. “Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” — Simon Sinek
16. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” — Jack Welch
17. “Professionalism is not a label you give yourself — it’s a description you hope others apply to you.” — David Maister
18. “Earn your leadership every day.” — Michael Jordan
19. “Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader… they set out to make a difference.” — Lisa Haisha
20. “Do not wait for a title to lead.” — Robin Sharma
21. “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” — C.S. Lewis
22. “A true professional is someone who can do their best work when they don’t feel like it.” — Alistair Cooke
23. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” — Ralph Nader
24. “Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.” — Henry Ford
25. “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” — Harold Geneen
26. “The way you do anything is the way you do everything.” — T. Harv Eker
27. “Good leaders inspire people to follow them. Great leaders inspire people to lead.” — Unknown
28. “Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker

Happy workplace quotes

Who said corporate culture had to be stuffy? Check out these happy workplace quotes all about developing a positive company culture.

29. “Work hard, have fun, and make history.” — Jeff Bezos
30. “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” — Jim Collins
31. “Success is best when it’s shared.” — Howard Schultz
32. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.” — Satya Nani
33. “You can’t mandate productivity; you must provide the tools to let people become their best.” — Steve Jobs
34. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” — Henry Ford
35. “A positive culture is the foundation for a productive team.” — Unknown
36. “We rise by lifting others.” — Robert Ingersoll
37. “Happy employees lead to happy customers, which leads to more profit.” — Vaughn Aust
38. “The best work happens when you don’t feel like you’re working alone.” — Unknown
39. “Employee engagement arises out of culture and not the other way around.” – Moe Carrick and Cammie Dunaway

Quotes about change in the workplace

Prepping to change your company culture? Or looking to change certain core values for the better? The following quotes about change in the workplace can help to re-craft culture, empower business leaders, and ultimately build a focused and aligned workforce.

40. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” — John F. Kennedy
41. “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg
42. “Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.” — Seth Godin
43. “Change before you have to.” — Jack Welch
44. “Don’t fear change — embrace it as a sign you’re growing.” — Unknown
45. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” — George Bernard Shaw
46. “Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” — Max McKeown
47. “Change brings opportunity.” — Nido Qubein
48. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” — Winston Churchill
49. “The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” — Kakuzo Okakura
50. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” — Anonymous
51. “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, others build windmills.” — Chinese Proverb
52. “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” — Bob Goff
53. “Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery.” — Rick Warren

Team culture quotes

A company’s success depends on the strength of its team. In fact, businesses that focus on building positive team culture typically enjoy higher employee engagement and more substantial profit margins compared to other brands. 

Below are some quotes discussing what it takes to build team culture in your business, plus suggestions for injecting teamwork into your company values. 

54. “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” — Steve Jobs
55. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” — Peter Drucker
56. “Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin
57. “[Success is] about getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment & helping to find a way to innovate.” — Marissa Mayer
58. “Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.” — Richard Branson
59. “Your vibe attracts your tribe.” — Unknown
60. “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” — Simon Sinek
61. “A team that laughs together, works better together.” — Unknown
62. “A strong team can take any crazy vision and turn it into reality.” — John Carmack

Words to describe work culture

This might be a little, uh, meta for some, but it’s still plenty inspiring for leadership teams. 

Here are some quotes that describe workplace culture itself, including what it can do to both your culture and your people.

63. “The way I think about culture is that modern humans have radically changed the way that they work and the way that they live. Companies need to change the way they manage and lead to match the way that modern humans actually work and live. We're trying to re-craft culture in a way that really matches that. I think that 99% of companies are kind of stuck in the '90s when it comes to their culture.” — Brian Halligan
64. “Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which ultimately leads to profitability.” — Anne M. Mulcahy
65. “A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Lack of candor, if unchecked, ultimately leads to dysfunctional environments.” ― Ed Catmull
66. “I look for two things when I hire a new employee: ambition and humility. Without a proven track record of initiative and ambition, it's likely the person becomes a drain rather than a contributor to the company — even the really smart, talented ones.” — Justin McLeod
67. “Until I came to IBM, I probably would have told you that culture was just one among several important elements in any organization's makeup and success…I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game - it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.” — Lou Gerstner
68. “If culture is like personality or character, then it matters in the sense to what extent is the culture adaptive to both the external and internal realities. If it’s not adaptive, it matters a lot. If it’s adaptive, it doesn’t matter much, people don’t notice it, they just go along their merry way. So culture really only matters when there is a problem. In the same sense that personality only matters when things aren’t working right for you. Otherwise it’s just there. It’s part of you.” — Edgar Schein
69. “Corporate culture is the only sustainable competitive advantage that is completely within the control of the entrepreneur.” — David Cummings
70. “Culture is not the most important thing in a company. It’s the only thing.” — Jim Sinegal
71. “Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning of what it is to be scientifically literate. They embrace the concept of an innovation culture. They vote in ways that promote it. They don't fight science and they don't fight technology.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
72. “People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise, and rewards.” — Dale Carnegie
73. “Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with a passion.” — Brian Chesky
74. “Motivation comes from working on things we care about, with people we care about.” — Sheryl Sandberg

Digital signage templates for quotes about company culture

Now that you’ve got these amazing quotes to share, let’s chat for a minute about showing them off with digital signage. TL;DR: Fugo offers 100% free digital signage templates (plus an integration with PosterMyWall) so you can create both physical and digital posters within 15 minutes or less.

You can access Fugo’s digital signage design studio at any time to update templates, quotes, colors, images, and branding for your business needs.

And if you want to push your finished templates to a TV screen, just sign up for a free Fugo account. We’ll never make you provide any credit card information up front, so don’t worry about getting charged if we’re not what you’re looking for. 

Now, let’s dive into the templates. 

💡Related: 20 Digital Signage Examples 

New employee shoutout

Nothing makes for a warm welcome quite like new employee signage. You can use this new employee shoutout card to bring attention to your newest hire(s), then let their personality shine with a personal (or personally preferred) quote. 

Grab the link for this Employee Shoutout template.

CEO quote with photo

So maybe you want to call out a quote from your CEO, or maybe you want to spotlight a standout supervisor or team lead. Either way, you can use this animated digital signage template to add a custom quote (plus colors and branding) to help them feel more recognized. 

Grab the link for this Quote with Photo template.

Company culture quote in portrait form

Got horizontal TVs? Then you’ll probably love this horizontal template. In a few simple clicks, you can update the background, change the quote, and even switch the font to better fit your needs.

Grab the link for this Portrait Inspirational Quote With Background Image template.

Dynamic employee engagement quote

So if you like the horizontal format but want a little more ✨pizzazz✨, you might consider using this dynamic template instead. You’ll see fields available for weather, date, and time, which get automatically updated depending on your location. And of course, you can always change your background to something more relevant.

Grab the link to the Motivational Quote Portrait template. 

Custom message with video background

Who said digital signage had to be static? With Fugo’s ability to support video backgrounds, you can place a candid shot behind your company culture quotes. This could be b-roll footage like the ocean or a waterfall, or a company branded video (like your employees engaging in a team-building exercise, for example). 

Grab the link for the Custom Message with Video Background.

Mistakes to avoid with company culture quotes

You already know it, but it must be said: it’s easy to turn company culture into buzzword salad. A few misplaced quotes and contradictory values, and suddenly your signage feels less like inspiration and more like HR Mad Libs. 😶‍🌫️

The good news is, there are ways to put up bumper guards.

Here’s how to prevent your good intentions from feeling too much like a corporate process:

Nip dysfunctional environments in the bud

Quotes about strong company culture? Cool. Unhealthy quotes that don’t match how your team actually feels? Not so cool. 

If you’re sharing messages about transparency, empathy, or feedback — but your team’s struggling with micromanagement or unclear expectations — those quotes can feel tone-deaf and possibly lead to other problems down the line (bad Glassdoor reviews, anyone?).

The fix here is to avoid using quotes that cover up culture problems. Instead, use them to start real conversations, ask for feedback, or reinforce change already in progress. A little authenticity goes a long way, and if you match the quote to the tone, you’ll get a much better reception from the employees under your care. 

Create content that embraces company values

If you’re going to spotlight culture quotes, you’ll want to make sure they match your company values. 

The first step is getting clarity about what your business actually stands for. Imagine it’s a person: what kinds of things would it say, do, or think?

The next step is highlighting more than just one aspect of your organizational culture, possibly with ideas like:

• Team collaboration
• DEI and belonging
• Leadership and growth
• Health and well-being
• Learning and curiosity
• Purpose and impact

And P.S., stuff like clean bathrooms are not a company value. Neither is “hustling” or monthly potlucks (which is why you’ll never see quotes about that). If you’re struggling to come up with better ideas for company values, you might try asking your team for feedback using this handy-dandy digital signage slide:

Highlight diverse perspectives

Sure, it makes sense to quote your former CEO or Co-Founder, but what about the talented employees that serve your brand every day? Leaning into your business’s “everyday heroes” can help employees feel valued and get them emotionally invested in your digital signage content.

For example, you might collect quotes from new employees, or other people of diverse perspectives and cultures. Or maybe you operate a business with multiple locations, so you can ask employees from all around the world (literally). 

The ultimate goal is to avoid a homogenized culture, which can lead to groupthink, fear of change, and other not-so-pleasant side effects. Scott Berkun, bestselling author and popular speaker, explains this concept below.

“The most vocal challengers to most cultures are the first to be shown the door. It’s in human nature to want to eliminate the most disruptive people. And it’s also human nature to want to bring in more people that fit in well. Repeat these two behaviors over time and culture becomes homogeneous, even if everyone still believes the culture values diversity.” 

How to boost company culture with digital signage

It’s one thing for you to read quotes about company culture. But actually sharing them with your team is a whole other ball game.

But good news: whether you’re operating a warehouse, running a busy restaurant, or managing a remote-first team, you can use digital signage to share quotes at scale and reinforce company values across any team and time zone.

Here’s how to gain that competitive advantage for your business:

Create eye-catching content (even if you're not a designer)

Word docs taped to the breakroom fridge aren’t exactly riveting. But with Fugo’s Design Studio, you can create beautiful, animated quote displays that actually get noticed.

Want rotating values every week? Leadership tips each Monday? Shoutouts for new hires or culture champions? Done, done, and done.

We also have an extensive help desk so you can troubleshoot problems and learn new techniques as you go.

Share the same messaging across every screen

Fugo can help you display culture quotes almost anywhere — across conference room TVs, warehouse displays, entryway screens, or even with remote teams via embeddable TV channels.

You can control every screen within a single admin dashboard, which makes it easy to:

• Update messaging company-wide in 10 minutes or less
• Schedule content for different teams or shifts
• Watch for problems or outages

All you need is a smart screen (or a Fugo-compatible player) to roll out content almost immediately. 

Make it interactive

The best cultures aren’t built in an office. Instead, they’re embodied by your team. Fugo makes it simple to keep your team engaged with social media walls, QR codes, and even touchscreen kiosk forms so everyone on your team can build culture together. 

There’s a lot to love about Fugo’s digital signage. So why not give it a try?

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