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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.

I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal.

Quotes by Lindsay Wagner

After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play...

Quotes by Lindsey Buckingham

I just find things that work and embellish them.

Quotes by Lindsey Buckingham

I just wanna give a big shout out to all the fans out there who have followed my work up until now. You guys are amazing!! Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.

Quotes by Lindsey Shaw

When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.

Quotes by Lindsey Vonn

I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.

Quotes by Lindi Ortega

I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman.

Quotes by Lindsay Duncan

You always remember the delicacy of the work you do on a new play - the delicacy and the rigor and the courage.

Quotes by Lindsay Duncan

I know I'll always work. In what form, it really doesn't matter.

Quotes by Lindsay Duncan

My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor...

Quotes by Lindsay Duncan

Initially, I used to cart coke from the West Melbourne Gasworks -12 tonne a day, 150-pound sacks. I'd come home looking like Al Jolson at the end of the day - white teeth, black face... A good hard day's work.

Quotes by Lindsay Fox

I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.

Quotes by Lindsay Mendez

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

Quotes by Lindsay Mendez

My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem.

Quotes by Linda Johnson Rice

So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work...

Quotes by Linda Lavin

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

Quotes by Linda Lavin

We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with...

Quotes by Linda McCartney

I'm going to continue to talk about what is important to the people of Connecticut which is jobs, getting people back to work, the economy.

Quotes by Linda McMahon

You have to have a work ethic. It is always 24/7. It is a lot of sweat equity, and it is a little bit of Lady Luck.

Quotes by Linda McMahon

I have to meet everybody I work with before I work with them. Before I say yes, I have to meet them, and then I take it from there. I don't care if you've had the best record or the...

Quotes by Linda Perry

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.