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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.

I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity.

Quotes by Frankie J. Alvarez

I am fully a feminist in this modern definition of the term. It's innate in my work because that's just who I am.

Quotes by Frankie Shaw

With every coach you work with, you learn something. Then, at the end of your career, when you become a trainer, you take something from every coach that you think is useful for you.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

My aim is to get the team to work hard and stay strong together.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

If you want to come out of a sad moment, you have to work really hard.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

Quotes by Frank Shorter

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

Quotes by Frank Shorter

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.

Quotes by Frank Shorter

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

Quotes by Frank Shorter

If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate.

Quotes by Frank Stallone

I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.

Quotes by Frank Thomas

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities.

Quotes by Frank Murphy

I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

Quotes by Frank Ocean

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Quotes by Frank Ocean

The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented.

Quotes by Frank Oz

I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?'

Quotes by Frank Oz

My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.

Quotes by Frank Press

You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research.

Quotes by Frank Press

I thought I was kind of a hotshot because I had had two years of work experience at Morgan Stanley, and I was about to get my Stanford M.B.A.

Quotes by Frank Quattrone

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

Quotes by Frank Lampard

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.