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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'm happy and I'm focused on my work... it's incredible to be able to work with 20th Century Fox and to keep opening doors for Mexicans and Latins in the United States.

Quotes by Eiza Gonzalez

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Quotes by Eknath Easwaran

My work begins at around 3 P.M. I wake up at around 2 P.M., watch my serial cassettes, jog for 30 minutes, get my make-up done, and plunge into meetings lined up with my directors. By evening, I finish all...

Quotes by Ekta Kapoor

I don't work that hard.

Quotes by Ekta Kapoor

Most of my work is in my mind.

Quotes by Ekta Kapoor

If you talk to a woman, she will give you at least five incidents in a day, 5-10 in a month, where she had to work harder to prove herself because she is a 'woman,' maybe at a male-dominated work...

Quotes by Ekta Kapoor

My holidays are generally impromptu, since a crazy work schedule is bound to eat into a long-planned trip.

Quotes by Ekta Kapoor

It gets lonely. I miss my family on stage. This might change one day. I'm certainly not going to say I'm not going to work with them again.

Quotes by El DeBarge

I work on a musician's week, so Monday is Friday. By the time Thursday rolls around, you stay in, and you work, and you don't go out because it's horrible.

Quotes by El-P

We have many rules and regulations that can be sometimes confusing and complicated. By reaching out to the employer community and educating them on what their responsibilities and obligations are to their work force, that, along, with strong enforcement, is...

Quotes by Elaine Chao

I'm the first secretary of labor in the 21st century, and the competitiveness of the American work force and the modernization of decades-old regulations have been among our top priorities.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

Our private-sector work force is the most industrious, innovative, productive, and ambitious in the world.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

The ingenuity and creativity of the private sector is essential to meeting American's needs for a skilled work force.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

Nan Gorman was born in Memphis, Tenn., on St. Patrick's Day. She moved to Hazard in 1929 when her father, James Hagan, a recent medical school graduate and aspiring surgeon, went to work there.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

The work of these women doesn't end when they return home from overseas, as one goal of the Peace Corps' mission is to help promote a better understanding of other cultures here in the United States.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

America's competitive advantage lies in its human talent. All of us should be doing everything we can to cultivate and develop our work force.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

Smoot and Hawley ginned up The Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of '29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third...

Quotes by Elaine Chao

I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.

Quotes by Edwin Starr

If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work.

Quotes by Edwin Starr

I went to Fulham for the project they explained to me - but it didn't really work out. I might have been playing at a high level for the national team, but I was starting to miss those European nights...

Quotes by Edwin van der Sar

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.