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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.

As a biographer, I try to uncover the adventures and personalities behind each character I research. Once my character and I have reached an understanding, then I begin the detective work reading old books, old letters, old newspapers, and visiting...

Quotes by Jean Fritz

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

Quotes by Jean Froissart

The computer is very good for me; I can magnify my work very easily.

Quotes by Jean Giraud

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

Quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Our life did not seem unusual to me at all. Anything that happened that was special, like visits from dignitaries, was always explained as part of Dad's work.

Quotes by Jean Kennedy Smith

I don't think of work between albums. Of course, I go through regular life and I live and I experience different things, good and bad, and it does help me, but I don't think about writing or what I'm gonna...

Quotes by Jazmine Sullivan

I love work, but love is so much better. Love is the best.

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

I tell anyone who is willing to listen that auditioning is the hardest part. Once you get the job, you have the job. You can go to work. You learn your lines. You learn your character. With auditioning, you can...

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

When we're not shooting 'Ballers,' we're always on the hunt for other work. As actors, we've never satisfied with just one thing.

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

I went to college for communications, so I came out and said I wanted to work for the greatest communications company, and I ended up at HBO - and I couldn't have been happier. And now, as an actress, I...

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

I have a list of people to work with, but Marvel is really at the top of that list because I've been working out really hard and just waiting for that day they tell me I can slide into a...

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

I have no idea what I want to do for a career. But in terms of my advocacy work, I'm definitely going to continue.

Quotes by Jazz Jennings

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Quotes by Jean Anouilh

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

By the work one knows the workman.

Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

Quotes by Jay Weatherill

By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY lands.

Quotes by Jay Weatherill

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.