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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.

All my brothers, they deserve all the respect they get from everybody. I've seen all the hard work they put in first hand. The deserve everything they got.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

We've been training since we were small. You definitely got to love it to be part of this family. We like to have fun. We like to work hard, and always staying out of trouble and always doing the right...

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

I'm very versatile, very dynamic, and I can work around in a lot of places.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

When it's time to go to work, it's time to go to work.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

Work hard, never stop, do anything.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

I had some very good players and some wonderful young players hitting the scene. Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Michael Owen - we had something tangible to work with and move forward.

Quotes by Glenn Hoddle

I take my work very seriously, and that's the only way for it to be fun for me.

Quotes by Glenn Howerton

The really basic stuff that fuels 30-year job booms almost always comes from government research, stuff like biotech, the transistor, the Internet. The idea that private capital can handle the early spade work is a joke.

Quotes by Glenn Kelman

Most CEOs walk around the office like we own the place, without realizing that the place itself isn't worth owning: a business's value comes from the people who walk out the door every night, who have to decide each morning...

Quotes by Glenn Kelman

Almost everything is interesting if you work at it.

Quotes by Glenn Kelman

A lot of my work is about text taken to the point of abstraction.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

I'm not an Abstraction Expressionist, but I think dedication to paintings comes from an early interest in that work.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

Sol LeWitt had a huge influence on my work because of his use of repetition and his clarity, setting up a system and letting that system go. That's kind of where the text paintings came from.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

Artists such as Lorna Simpson, Zoe Leonard, Byron Kim and Stephen Andrews and I are around the same age, and I know them personally. The discussions I have had with them over the years have influenced the work that I...

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

In 2011, 'Yourself in the World,' a book of my writings and interviews, was published in conjunction with a retrospective of my work at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

Much of my work is engaged with 'America' - the idea of America.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

So much of my work has been about disappearing.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

I've never made a conscious decision to choose work over other considerations.

Quotes by Gladys Berejiklian

I will continue to - my team and I - will continue to work our guts out to make sure this state and its people continue to ensure that we have the best opportunities on this planet.

Quotes by Gladys Berejiklian

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

Quotes by Glen Campbell

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.