Doing The Work Quotes

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

— John F. Kennedy

I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more.

— Antony Sher

Bravery comes when you commit to doing the work.

— Chris Brogan

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

— Patti Smith

I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting.

— Howard Stern

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

— Betsy Hodges

rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination.

— Anonymous

I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

— Carrie Fisher

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but…

— Deborah Reber

I'm not afraid to talk about the fact that women get paid less than men in the United States and how unfair…

— Demi Lovato

When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?

— Herbie Hancock

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing…

— Daniel Baldwin

By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of…

— Norman Ralph Augustine

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history,…

— Tarana Burke

I hate politics, but I love people and I am committed to truly doing the work to serve the people and hopefully…

— Jasmine Crockett

“I am happy doing the work I do, alone at a desk. That work is a great part of every day. But…

— Lydia Davis

I find crowdfunding to be one of the most ethical ways to continue doing the work that we do because the idea…

— Anita Sarkeesian

In American history, Black people are usually the ones doing the work, pushing the boundaries of what America is supposed to mean,…

— Jason Johnson

There's an imperative to make sure you distinguish fiction from the fact, because if the fact is doing the work, why did…

— Fred D'Aguiar

I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men's clubs and I loved doing…

— Shayne Ward

“A vision without a plan is fantasy. A plan without a vision is mediocrity.  Believing 'God will do it for you' is…

— Derek Rydall

I will talk to anybody about 'Survivor's Remorse' because I'm proud of the show and the actors and directors and the entire…

— Mike O'Malley

The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the…

— Patti Smith

It's weird, sometimes I still see myself as just starting out. I tend to forget how much I've been doing, but in…

— Michael K. Williams

In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day,…

— Edward Norton

I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that…

— Tom Hanks

“It is through our communion with the Holy Spirit that we are able to apprehend the things that God has given us,…

— L.E. Green

“And that’s what I want for you: the power that comes from women championing other women. Whether it’s the boutique down the…

— Christy Wright

I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision,” he told Playboy in 1985. “They insert lots of layers…

— Adam Lashinsky

I think that we need to begin talking about what does it mean to create these safe spaces in our communities, to…

— Michelle Alexander

“Expectations make one weak. It tells you what you seek, but deep down when you look within, you know that when you…

— Debatrayee Banerjee

“Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow, What are you weaving? labor and sorrow? Look to your loom again, faster and faster Fly…

— Mary a. Lathbury

“There is an inherent, humbling cruelty to learning how to run white water. In most other so-called "adrenaline" sports—skiing, surfing and rock…

— Joe Kane

“We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people’s validation, recognition, rewards. It’s far better…

— Ryan Holiday

“A third entrepreneurial contribution is risk. While labor gets paid its fixed wage, the entrepreneurs take all the risk. Entrepreneurs might do…

— Dinesh D'Souza

You are solely responsible for doing the work required to become better.

— Sara Genn

One person with the ability of half a person doing the work of four people.

— Steve Carell

Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.

— Steven Pressfield