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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.

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

Quotes by Morgan Freeman

Most of the time it's the role. Sometimes it's the story and sometimes it just the paycheck. It's the little movies that come out as stories or the fact that I have work to go out, you know what I'm...

Quotes by Morgan Freeman

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

Quotes by Morgan Freeman

I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.

Quotes by Morgan Freeman

There was no model how to make a documentary production company work. I figured it out as I went along.

Quotes by Morgan Neville

As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see how it translates.

Quotes by Morgan Neville

Before I turned 18, I had all these rules. Like, I could only work ten hours a day, and I had to go to school.

Quotes by Morgan Saylor

My big inspiration for hope is the courage that I read about from people from all over the world, or that I see on a daily basis from the kids I get to work with.

Quotes by Morley

I include myself in the posters because I feel like it forms a more intimate relationship between the artist and the person passing by. And it's important to include some vulnerability and use fears and rejections and various aspects from...

Quotes by Morley

I'm 5-foot-9, 180 pounds. I don't have much else to work with, so I just try to use my bat speed and get the most out of what I've got.

Quotes by Mookie Betts

Contract things are kind of tough to come up with, especially with both sides and kind of how the economics and all those things work.

Quotes by Mookie Betts

We must work to make the South-North Korea dialogue lead to talks between the United States and North Korea. Only then can we peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

Quotes by Moon Jae-in

I left Israel to work as a model, to just make money - I didn't care if I was doing an ad for toilet paper or diapers, I just really wanted to allow myself to go to school, to go...

Quotes by Moran Atias

A relationship takes time, and you really have to work hard at it. I'm devoted to my profession, but when I find the right guy, I'll work just as long and hard for him.

Quotes by Moran Atias

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

Quotes by Mordecai Richler

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Quotes by Monique Roffey

For me, I exercise every morning. I exercise every day. I work out about an hour and 20 minutes, which is aerobics and resistance training. I work on agility and balance. I work on the things that are going to...

Quotes by Montel Williams

After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love.

Quotes by Monica Bellucci

When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love.

Quotes by Monica Bellucci

I want children, but I don't necessarily want to be married because I think marriage is very difficult. To have a successful marriage, you have to work hard and regard it as a job.

Quotes by Monica Cruz

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.