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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.

No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.

Quotes by Polykarp Kusch

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

Quotes by Pitbull

I work hard. But I play hard, too.

Quotes by Pitbull

I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things work even when people thought it wouldn't.

Quotes by Pitbull

If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.

Quotes by Pitbull

We can learn from all around the world. Germany, particularly, has been successful with rooftop solar generation. Other countries like Norway and Sweden have done work on it. Some of them have done offshore wind projects. So we're looking at...

Quotes by Piyush Goyal

I feel there is huge potential for India and the U.K. to work together both on the technology space and on the investment space.

Quotes by Piyush Goyal

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Plato

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

I always wanted to be the underdog. For me, as a portrait photographer, it's the kiss of death to become well known. I did my best work when no one knew who I was. People weren't threatened by me because...

Quotes by Platon

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

Quotes by Pliny the Elder

I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince...

Quotes by Pieter Zeeman

I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide,...

Quotes by Pietro Aretino

When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work,...

Quotes by Pina Bausch

There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience.

Quotes by Piper Perabo

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?

Quotes by Pierre Salinger

It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.

Quotes by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I focus only on the work with my team-mates with Dortmund and Gabon.

Quotes by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I want to thank my team mates in the national team and also at Dortmund. It is their work that helps me to score goals.

Quotes by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers.

Quotes by Piers Anthony

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.