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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.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

Quotes by Jane Kaczmarek

In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.

Quotes by Jane Byrne

For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.

Quotes by Jane Byrne

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.

Quotes by Jane Byrne

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

Quotes by Jane Campion

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Quotes by Jane Campion

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

Quotes by Jane Campion

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off...

Quotes by Jane Campion

I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer.

Quotes by Jane Campion

But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.

Quotes by Jane Campion

Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.

Quotes by Jane Elliot

I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.

Quotes by Jane Goldman

It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide.

Quotes by Jane Goodall

I write in the mornings once the kids have gone to school, taking my laptop and a coffee to a little writer's room in town where I plant noise-cancelling headphones on my head and get to work.

Quotes by Jane Green

I have learned that it is imperative that I make time for my friends, that they demand to be as much a part of the mix as my family and my work, and perhaps more so, because they are not...

Quotes by Jane Green

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Your health benefits are not a gift - you work hard for them every day.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Ivanka Trump's declared mission to 'empower women who work' is a welcome element in the Trump administration. As a woman with a desk in the White House and the founder of an international corporation, she is certainly in a position...

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Americans need access to affordable, reliable health insurance. They want President Trump to take responsibility and work to ensure their continued access to their insurance - creating certainty and affordability, not confusion and chaos.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Democrats stand ready and willing to work with President Trump to improve upon the ACA - but we will not sit by and watch him sabotage the health care of millions of Americans.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

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.