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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.

Most cops are not looking for understanding. They work in a world filled with a sense - real or imagined - of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway. Most cops are merely looking for respect.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

Cops can deprive people of their freedom. They are sworn to serve and protect. They work for us and they belong to, basically, a service industry, laboring in conditions that are sometimes threatening, often dangerous yet interesting.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

Politicians in Washington work in a small, sheltered world where they lurch from crisis to crisis that they create, nurture and use as ideological triggers in their selfish pursuit of re-election.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

People like myself have been pushing, competing, and promoting female MMA for a long time, and to see the fans accept a female division in the UFC so quickly is vindication that all that hard work amounted to something.

Quotes by Miesha Tate

I like that I'm in shape but still look like a woman. I don't feel like I've had to give up my femininity to be an athlete. I feel good about my body because I work hard every day, and...

Quotes by Miesha Tate

Every single woman that fights MMA has done just as much work as Ronda has; we just haven't gotten as much turnaround. Those women who came before her haven't been on magazine covers. They weren't plastered everywhere by the UFC....

Quotes by Miesha Tate

Make sure you are doing something you love to do when working out. Nobody likes to work, so when you do choose a workout, make it something you enjoy doing. You won't stick with it if you hate it and...

Quotes by Miesha Tate

I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.

Quotes by Miguel Cabrera

After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year.

Quotes by Miguel de Icaza

In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are...

Quotes by Miguel de Icaza

I think villainy just comes naturally to me. I get to work it out naturally so I can be a nice person in life.

Quotes by Miguel Ferrer

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

Quotes by Mickey Kaus

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.

Quotes by Mickey Rooney

I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and...

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me...

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It's therapeutic for me.

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

I have a really supportive family, which is really wonderful, but I'm not forcing everyone to watch my work every week.

Quotes by Mickey Sumner

I know who Asuka is, I've seen her work in Japan and NXT. She is incredibly talented.

Quotes by Mickie James

I would love to work with Charlotte Flair.

Quotes by Mickie James

I've been fortunate enough to really work with amazing people and have incredible people lead me along the way.

Quotes by Mickie James

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.