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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.

Critique, feedback, reaction to one's work or the way they have presented it, regardless of intention, is a gift.

Quotes by Mark Brand

Vancouver houses one of North America's largest open air drug markets and has a dense and heartbreaking problem with homelessness and mental illness. Those are the neighbourhoods I live and work in.

Quotes by Mark Brand

I am fortunate enough to have worked on, and continue to work on, evolutionary movies in all formats from just simple good story telling, which still matters most of all, to CG movies to tent-pole size 3D movies, and genre...

Quotes by Mark Canton

For a couple of years, I focused more on producing because I wanted to be close to home, after traveling a lot for work.

Quotes by Mark Consuelos

More than conventional picture books, the notebook format allows me to leap from words to images, and this free-flowing back-and-forth inspires my best work. It reflects the way I think - sometimes visually, sometimes verbally - with the pictures not...

Quotes by Marissa Moss

Writing is hard, hard work; that's just the way it is.

Quotes by Marissa Moss

I want to come back in 2017 if things work well.

Quotes by Marit Bjorgen

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

Quotes by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a...

Quotes by Mark Barrowcliffe

Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at...

Quotes by Mark Barrowcliffe

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

Quotes by Marion Ross

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

Quotes by Marion Zimmer Bradley

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

Quotes by Marisa Berenson

Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising...

Quotes by Marisha Pessl

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.

Quotes by Mariska Hargitay

I really want to work with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

Quotes by Marisol Nichols

If I'm going to work, hopefully I have a late call time, and can hang out with Rain and our nanny until we shoot.

Quotes by Marisol Nichols

Nothing really prepared me for the amount of work, or the amount of rewards, that came with being a new mom.

Quotes by Marisol Nichols

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.