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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.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

Quotes by Manny Machado

My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.

Quotes by Manny Montana

You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push...

Quotes by Manny Montana

Boxing gave me a path in life. Because of boxing, I learned what I'm capable of achieving if I put my mind to it and how hard work can and will pay off in the end. It gave me confidence...

Quotes by Mandy Bujold

I have found that most meal plans will work, simply because it causes us to become more aware as we eat.

Quotes by Mandy Ingber

Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional.

Quotes by Mandy Moore

The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

Quotes by Mandy Moore

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get...

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be...

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

There is no substitute for hard work, and the most important thing is the belief that you can succeed.

Quotes by Maneet Chauhan

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

Quotes by Manfred von Richthofen

We always work for money but when you do something for The Banyan, you feel so good.

Quotes by Mani Ratnam

When you break new grounds and try to do something different, it's always a high. I remember the first time we did a whole song in slow motion with lipsync for 'Geetanjali.' It was not prevalent at that time. We...

Quotes by Mani Ratnam

I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.

Quotes by Mallory Jansen

I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.

Quotes by Malorie Blackman

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.