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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.

Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love both so much, but it's got to be one or the other because the two...

Quotes by Marc Jacobs

I like to take on the thing I don't like at the moment. I like to find something that looks wrong or feels off, something that I would never have done in the past, like brocade. And then all of...

Quotes by Marc Jacobs

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Quotes by Manuel Puig

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

Quotes by Manuel Puig

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

Quotes by Manuel Puig

I had the opportunity to work with the one and only Ranveer Singh. It was a great experience for me because his energy and whole aura is so infectious that just keeps you going.

Quotes by Manushi Chhillar

I told my parents that I wanted to work on menstrual hygiene because I believe a girl can achieve everything if she is healthy.

Quotes by Manushi Chhillar

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of...

Quotes by Mara Brock Akil

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

Quotes by Mara Brock Akil

While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.

Quotes by Mara Liasson

The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they...

Quotes by Marc Almond

That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.

Quotes by Marc Almond

Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!

Quotes by Marc Anthony

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

Quotes by Marc Anthony

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

Quotes by Marc Anthony

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

Quotes by Marc Benioff

The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces. The combination of these technologies unlocks an incredible opportunity to connect everything together in a new way and is dramatically transforming...

Quotes by Marc Benioff

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.