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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 work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.

Quotes by Cameron Russell

I think from going to fittings once a week and having to look in the mirror for two hours, I feel like I built a intuition for what's gonna work and what isn't, and I noticed how important tailoring is,...

Quotes by Camila Mendes

Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

Quotes by Camilla Belle

You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

Quotes by Camilla Belle

I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way.

Quotes by Camilla Belle

All pregnant women are warriors. It takes strength just to get up and go to work.

Quotes by Camilla Luddington

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself.

Quotes by Camille Claudel

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

Quotes by Camille Paglia

It's time for a recovery and reassessment of North American thinkers. Marshall McLuhan, Leslie Fiedler and Norman O. Brown are the linked triad I would substitute for Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, whose work belongs to ravaged postwar...

Quotes by Camille Paglia

Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs.

Quotes by Camille Paglia

The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.

Quotes by Camille Paglia

I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a...

Quotes by Camille Paglia

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

Quotes by Camille Pissarro

Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

Quotes by Camille Pissarro

I'm obsessed with Maggie Nelson's work.

Quotes by Camille Rowe

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.