Logo - Feel The Words

Work Quotes

Quotes on the meaning of work.

Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.

You're isolated as a writer, so I always envied people who could get up early and drive to work and fit into society.

Quotes by Aram Saroyan

Connecting small and medium-sized businesses to international markets can create work for host country nationals alongside refugees, building economic growth and resilience in host communities.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

Predictably, open markets made it possible for countries to drive rapid growth by hitching their wagon to the world economy and using global demand to pull people and resources out of subsistence activities into more productive work.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

Ever since the first power looms put weavers out of work in the late 18th century, technology has increased productivity but threatened jobs for humans.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

The factory work that lifted millions out of poverty in places like China and Vietnam probably did cost some workers in North Carolina and Wallonia their jobs.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

When women are paid for their work and have control over how the money gets spent, they invest much more of their income than men do in their families' education and health.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

Trade and investment promotion organizations are crucial partners in ITC's work to enable SMEs to internationalize. They sustain and multiply the impact of trade-related technical support and allow SMEs to function with confidence in any location.

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

The big part of coffee production in many rural areas is in the hands of women. It's women who work in the fields. They harvest the coffee. They wash the coffee. They take the coffee to the market. But when...

Quotes by Arancha Gonzalez

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.

Quotes by Aravind Adiga

Unlike many others, I anyway don't post much from my personal life on social media; it's mostly work related. And when I post something, I'm aware that not everyone would have nice things to say; I'm fine with it.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

I am looking forward to work on digital platforms more often than not.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

I am content, ambitious and equally know the need to switch off from work. My world is big enough to go beyond movies too.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

No one is going to keep giving me work because I am Salman Khan's brother. People may give me one or two films because of Salman but no one can make my career. I have to work towards it.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

I won an award for my debut film. However, my career went up and down after that but I kept getting work. I did whatever excited me and did not think which role or film will change my career.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

I have to make myself available for work. If I'm going to sit around only for great roles, I won't get the right one.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

People tend to typecast you in a certain way, depending on the kind of work you have been doing till then.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

To be finally recognised for my work is a feeling I can't describe.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

When I work with other people, I have to try to make their vision happen. With my own, I don't think about it. The music has its own kind of agency.

Quotes by Arca

Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I...

Quotes by Antony Starr

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Work" page?
These lean toward the thoughtful side of work — the idea that "intellectual work is essentially a lonely process," the belief that one's politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable," and an image of people unwinding after work all over the world talking about life's bigger questions.
Is there a spiritual angle to any of these?
While these particular quotes are secular, if you're looking for a spiritual perspective on work, see Prayers for that theme.
Do these quotes connect work to personal identity?
Yes, one of the strongest lines here argues that your politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable" — the idea that what you do reflects who you are. If that resonates, Growth quotes explore a similar idea of work shaping the person.
Is there anything here about effort or persistence?
These specific quotes focus more on the nature and meaning of work than on effort itself, but Effort quotes cover that ground directly.
What about setting goals through work?
For that angle, Goal quotes is the better fit — the "Work" page here is more about the character and process of working itself.

There's also a lighter side - people unwinding after work to talk through life's bigger questions over drinks. See Effort Quotes and Goal Quotes for more on getting things done.