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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.

When I say that Latinos share conservative values, when Ronald Reagan said that, we mean the love of family, the love of country, a commitment to personal responsibility, to hard work.

Quotes by Lionel Sosa

I've been a Republican all my life because I embrace the conservative values of hard work, personal freedom, less government and fewer taxes. But I also believe in compassion, inclusion, and helping those who want to help themselves.

Quotes by Lionel Sosa

Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.

Quotes by Lionel Sosa

I believe that we are missing a great opportunity. We as Republicans are not really emphasizing what brings us together, and that's conservative values: love of the country. Love of family. Personal responsibility. Hard work. Optimism. Those are the things...

Quotes by Lionel Sosa

There are temptations around you all the time. The trick is to work your way through anxiety or your tiredness or whatever, and not let yourself get so hungry that you're going and stopping for the burgers, and you don't...

Quotes by Lisa Ann Walter

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

Quotes by Lisa Bonet

In literature there was always an epiphany - a tingling moment, sometimes buried - the pearl around which the whole work formed.

Quotes by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

It's not a fun thing to be the person set up in opposition to the work everyone loves.

Quotes by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it.

Quotes by Linford Christie

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

Quotes by Linford Christie

Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs.

Quotes by Linton Kwesi Johnson

In modern times, if you're on an airplane and it's going down, that's it. You've got a couple of minutes, if that, to work out where you stand in relationship to the whole of your life.

Quotes by Linus Roache

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

Quotes by Linus Torvalds

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.

Quotes by Linus Torvalds

I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area.

Quotes by Linus Torvalds

Once you come up with a premise, you have to work out how it all happened. It's a bit like coming up with a spectacular roof design first. Before you can get it up there, you need to build a...

Quotes by Linwood Barclay

All our reporters and editors now work seamlessly in print and online. This integration has transformed the way we work. I believe this is vital to the success and growth of newspapers.

Quotes by Lionel Barber

Work used to be the No. 1 important thing to me. Everything revolved around it, and to have a new perspective and have something else, my family, not just being a mom but being a part of an incredible family...

Quotes by Lindsay Price

Everything that I do has to be something new and something challenging, or with people that I want to work with. I take jobs for different reasons.

Quotes by Lindsay Price

The truth is, if you're lucky enough to work, you're a lucky actor.

Quotes by Lindsay Price

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.