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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.

In my experience, you get a job for a reason. Your work life happens for a reason.

Quotes by Anna Gunn

I certainly had times when I thought this wasn't going to work out, but just being a working actor felt like a victory.

Quotes by Anna Gunn

I'm nervous before every day of work, almost. Even after six years of 'Breaking Bad.'

Quotes by Anna Gunn

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

Quotes by Anna Held

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

Quotes by Anna Held

I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

Quotes by Anna Held

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.

Quotes by Anna Held

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

Quotes by Anna Howard Shaw

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

Quotes by Ann Oakley

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

Quotes by Ann Richards

People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.

Quotes by Ann Richards

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.

Quotes by Ann Richards

We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make...

Quotes by Ann Richards

I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in our homes. And let us not forget how important the work of the mother and father are to...

Quotes by Ann Romney

I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

Quotes by Ann Romney

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

Quotes by Ann Romney

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

Quotes by Ann Romney

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

Quotes by Ann Rule

I work out three times a week with a trainer.

Quotes by Ann-Margret

I grew up moving around because my dad was in the Air Force - I think this has carried over into my work in that I like to hop around from one medium to another.

Quotes by Ann-Marie MacDonald

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.