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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.

Caring makes you want to work harder.

Quotes by David Droga

We win more business, not because of pitching but because clients say, 'We like the work you're doing.'

Quotes by David Droga

Our work can always get better, and we are constantly striving for that.

Quotes by David Droga

If you're advertising on Facebook, the work you're doing should be made better by being on Facebook. You can't just be repurposing old TV commercials and hoping to get traction; that's very primitive. The question, always, is, 'How is this...

Quotes by David Droga

A lot of people think technology is a solution, but it's really just a canvas for your work. It can make good things amazing and bad things terrible. Facebook allows you to have access to mass audience really quickly if...

Quotes by David Droga

A lot of people ask what it takes to move from being a creative to a leader: Take everyone's career personally. People will work hard for you if you work hard for them. Any idiot can be a boss; all...

Quotes by David Droga

There are certain people throughout my career I've earmarked as smart people I would like to work with. And I'm not just talking about advertising people.

Quotes by David Droga

There are few forces for good as extensive and important as the United Nations. Being able to work with them and other global aid organisations for World Humanitarian Day is a humbling and extraordinary opportunity.

Quotes by David Droga

Beanbags and softball matches and a cool Twitter handle doesn't make young people want to work at your office.

Quotes by David Droga

Copywriters on Madison Avenue constantly grapple with the question of where their work sits on the totem pole of 'real' writing.

Quotes by David Droga

We work in an industry where people invent technology to avoid what we create.

Quotes by David Droga

Like anyone, I'm scared of failure. That drives you to work really hard.

Quotes by David Droga

Do the work you believe in - if there's an authentic reason for doing it.

Quotes by David Droga

The qualities I look for in planners or creatives is very much the same thing. Beyond the givens of talent and work ethic, I really look for people who are inspired by the everyday, people who are not afraid of...

Quotes by David Droga

Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.

Quotes by David Duffield

If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30...

Quotes by David E. Kelley

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

Quotes by David E. Kelley

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

Quotes by David E. Kelley

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

Quotes by David Eagleman

Even the most meticulous historians work subjectively. The historian's point of view, his or her selection of subject and sources, the emphasis, the tone - all of these lead to subjective history, inevitably so. I do not say this as...

Quotes by David Ebershoff

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.