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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.

We used to do a lot of kick-catch work with Carlton, and it really taught us some great skills catching above our heads, off our chest. Those things I've carried throughout my career and I'm really thankful I got the...

Quotes by Israel Folau

For me speed and power is the most important thing on the footy field as well as agility which I work on everyday.

Quotes by Israel Folau

I don't wear much makeup, except during work. I felt lucky to be chosen to be a model. I used to joke, 'The next best thing to winning the lottery is having a beauty contract.'

Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

Every time you work, it's a new film, and generally when you work with auteurs, people that write and direct their films, there's always an originality.

Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

Life has brought me work to do on myself these past two years.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

I do not want to work to correspond to an image.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

The newspapers were saying, 'You have AIDS.' They actually said I was dead. I just threw myself into my work when the whispering campaign turned really ugly.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

If I don't work very often, it's because what I read is written for formidable actresses, but actresses who make a habit of playing with their cup half full.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

I really like Calvin Klein for his classic simplicity. I also think Prabal Gurung designs some great pieces that work well for me. My mom has such great style; she's my biggest influence.

Quotes by Isabelle Fuhrman

I really want to work with Emma Stone; she is adorable.

Quotes by Isabelle Fuhrman

Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's really funny.

Quotes by Isabelle Fuhrman

It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I...

Quotes by Isabelle Huppert

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

Quotes by Isabelle Huppert

I have received so many letters, messages, emails, testimonies of women whom I meet in international conferences, wherever it may be, who tell me, 'It's great that you have balanced life and work so successfully.' I now think I have...

Quotes by Isabelle Kocher

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to...

Quotes by Isadora Duncan

I'm OK with being the Old Spice Guy because before I was the Old Spice Guy I was the guy looking for work on his couch.

Quotes by Isaiah Mustafa

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.

Quotes by Isaiah Mustafa

Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.

Quotes by Isaiah Washington

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.