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I'm married to an American. I work for a company that is, you know, its headquarters in the U.S.

Quotes by Wael Ghonim

I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work...

Quotes by Wagner Moura

I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.

Quotes by Wale

I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on...

Quotes by Wale

I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.

Quotes by Walead Beshty

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.

Quotes by Walead Beshty

I try to consider each body of work on its own terms, discretely, so terms like 'sculpture' or 'photography', in their broad sense, don't really enter into my thinking.

Quotes by Walead Beshty

The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.

Quotes by Walid Jumblatt

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of...

Quotes by W. H. Auden

However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.

Quotes by W. H. Davies

Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe' while making the necessary changes to make the work more visual.

Quotes by W. P. Kinsella

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to...

Quotes by Wadada Leo Smith

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

Quotes by W. Clement Stone

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

From the very first, it has been the educated and intelligent of the Negro people that have led and elevated the mass, and the sole obstacles that nullified and retarded their efforts were slavery and race prejudice; for what is...

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death...

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

For fifteen years, I was a teacher of youth. They were years out of the fullness and bloom of my younger manhood. They were years mingled of half breathless work, of anxious self-questionings, of planning and replanning, of disillusion, or...

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

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.

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