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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.

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy who works his way through college may have a hard time of it, but he will learn how to work his way...

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never...

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

Machinima has just been stupid-amazing. They're incredible. It's been exciting to work with them, and I hope to do it for a long time.

Quotes by Orlando Jones

It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't...

Quotes by Ornette Coleman

I like explication of ideas, even if I'm wrong or even if it's a struggle or if it's a work in progress.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

I've made my most horrible inhuman tendencies work for me.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

I need my 'art work' or 'entertainment work' or whatever to have empathy for or connection to the way I experience the world as a person.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

I have a hard time making a linear-idea song, because that's not the way my thoughts work.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

Film work can be anything from just really hard and stressful and you're subjected to really weird deadlines to really draconian and weird and disconnected. You're working in service of the thing, and that can be really amazing for everyone...

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

I've lost so many gigs composing commercial or television music because I can't repress my inclination to work against conventions.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

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.