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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.

The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete.

Quotes by Rudolf Diesel

And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.

Quotes by Rube Goldberg

You know, duality has always been a strong theme throughout 'Venom'-focused stories, whether it's in the comics or in movies, and that's something I think that Tom Hardy's played with in a lot of his work.

Quotes by Ruben Fleischer

We need to work together, on a bipartisan basis, to create new jobs, increase job training, enact real and substantive middle class tax relief, and reward companies that create jobs at home.

Quotes by Ruben Hinojosa

Chelsea is always hard to break into, but I believe in myself, and if I work hard, then hopefully things will go well.

Quotes by Ruben Loftus-Cheek

I want to work really hard.

Quotes by Ruben Loftus-Cheek

It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve.

Quotes by Ruben Loftus-Cheek

It's tough being at Chelsea. I work hard every day in training. It's a massive club with really good players, so you don't get the opportunity every weekend.

Quotes by Ruben Loftus-Cheek

When I was nine years old, my father went to Spain to work for three years, and I was in Portugal. He has a sports store. I only saw him once a month, which was difficult. I was alone with...

Quotes by Ruben Neves

One day, I looked up and saw I had an extensive resume and saw how I did that and did not realize it because you are constantly working and trying to build a body of work.

Quotes by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

With Shakespeare, the hard work is to find out why he said it and how it can relate to the audience.

Quotes by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Television is a different challenge; it is not a stage. But each opportunity that I have to learn I learn, and I take the opportunity to work.

Quotes by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of children.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

Administrations and administrative faculty work very hard to see that schools are diverse as much as possible.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

That's really what my work is all about - bringing kids together.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections, underpinnings... His job is to paint the entire picture and knows all the colors that have to be...

Quotes by Ruby Dee

Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter...

Quotes by Ruby Dee

It's always good to have more promotions, give more fighters work.

Quotes by Royce Gracie

You have to work on your stand-up to know what's coming, but jiu-jitsu is enough to win the fight.

Quotes by Royce Gracie

I'm sure that my parents' behavior has entered my work, I'm sorry to say. I don't think you need to have a difficult childhood to be funny, but it helps.

Quotes by Roz Chast

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.