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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.

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did.

Quotes by Martha Gellhorn

I think workout clothes should be fun! I definitely don't think I have to wear all black to work out. I would say I am more minimal in my personal style... but my workout style, anything goes.

Quotes by Martha Hunt

That's something that I have to work on: Self-confidence and loving myself.

Quotes by Marsai Martin

Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

I work every weekend in my district.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

I am every single day talking with and working with people in my district who are seeing their health care insurance costs go up five times, 105 percent, 300 percent, that are getting pay cuts, that are losing 40-hour workweeks,...

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President's proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds...

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on.

Quotes by Marsha Mason

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

Quotes by Marsha Norman

All work done mindfully rounds us out, helps complete us as persons.

Quotes by Marsha Sinetar

When you work on something in an edit room with just a couple of other people, you never know how it is going to be received.

Quotes by Marshall Curry

After I graduated from Brandeis, I took all the money I had in the world, which was $5,000, and I made a short film. I made every mistake you could possibly make. It was a total disaster as a piece...

Quotes by Marshall Herskovitz

I love waking up in my home and being with my children and my husband. And I get an enormous amount of satisfaction out of my work. I really love working. I said it: I love working. It really grounds...

Quotes by Marne Levine

Criticism is part of football, but we have to work.

Quotes by Marouane Fellaini

I know one thing: A lot of people know I work hard on the pitch, and for me, that's the most important thing.

Quotes by Marouane Fellaini

It's hard to pinpoint a 'moment' that validated years of work.

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

A lot of the companies I work with, they're not returning my calls or emails on weekends. So weekends are weekends for Ultimate.

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to this intriguing republic, I bring to it only my frankness and my good will; no ambition, no self-interest;...

Quotes by Marquis de Lafayette

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

Quotes by Marquis de Sade

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.