--- title: "20 Work Feels Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 20 Work Feels quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Work Feels sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/al-gore-609_blessing_it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels_1852934.jpg" --- > [It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels-fulfilling/) [Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/al-gore-609_blessing_it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels_1852934.jpg) > [“If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-kennedy/if-every-day-at-work-feels-like-a-friday-then-you-are-doing-what-you/) [Alan W. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-w-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/alan-w-kennedy-217123_business-planning_if-every-day-at-work-feels-like-a-friday_2369851.jpg) > [The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-fillion/the-trick-is-when-you-grow-up-find-work-that-feels-like-play/) [Nathan Fillion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-fillion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/nathan-fillion-3284_feels_the-trick-is-when-you-grow-up-find-work_283931.jpg) > [People are appreciating my work, and it feels good when people like my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kartik-aaryan/people-are-appreciating-my-work-and-it-feels-good-when-people-like-my/) [Kartik Aaryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kartik-aaryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/kartik-aaryan-6381_appreciating_people-are-appreciating-my-work-and-it-f_2086228.jpg) > [I always want to do work that feels honest and that's harder to find than you imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonoya-mizuno/i-always-want-to-do-work-that-feels-honest-and-that-s-harder-to-find/) [Sonoya Mizuno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonoya-mizuno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/sonoya-mizuno-20641_always_i-always-want-to-do-work-that-feels-hone_1456075.jpg) > [A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-professional-is-one-who-does-his-best-work-when-he-feels-the-least/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_best-work_a-professional-is-one-who-does-his-best_1364998.jpg) > [“once you notice hard work it feels like everyday”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raven-branch/once-you-notice-hard-work-it-feels-like-everyday/) [Raven Branch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raven-branch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/raven-branch-271641_everyday_once-you-notice-hard-work-it-feels-like_3025985.jpg) > [“A man often does his best work when be least feels like doing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-novee/a-man-often-does-his-best-work-when-be-least-feels-like-doing-it/) [Dave Novee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-novee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/dave-novee-230929_work_a-man-often-does-his-best-work-when-be-l_1926994.jpg) > [In the months that follow you bend to the work, because it feels like hope, like grace--and because you know in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/in-the-months-that-follow-you-bend-to-the-work-because-it-feels-like/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/junot-diaz-531_cheater_in-the-months-that-follow-you-bend-to-th_482391.jpg) > [When you're passionate about your work, it feels like you would do it even if no one were paying you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/when-you-re-passionate-about-your-work-it-feels-like-you-would-do-it/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/oprah-winfrey-186_feels_when-you-re-passionate-about-your-work-i_310203.png) > [“Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/sometimes-you-have-to-go-on-when-you-don-t-feel-like-it-and-sometimes/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/stephen-king-13_doing-good_sometimes-you-have-to-go-on-when-you-don_1586114.jpg) > [I am holed up in a small village where I am doing my own work and it feels great. I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-stock/i-am-holed-up-in-a-small-village-where-i-am-doing-my-own-work-and-it/) [Catherine Stock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-stock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/catherine-stock-51244_feels_i-am-holed-up-in-a-small-village-where-i_2957685.jpg) > [Work is external to the worker. . . . It is not part of his nature; consequently he does not fulfill himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/work-is-external-to-the-worker-it-is-not-part-of-his-nature/) [Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/karl-marx-399_deny_work-is-external-to-the-worker-it-is-not_2305922.jpg) > [The fact that labour is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his intrinsic nature; that in his work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/the-fact-that-labour-is-external-to-the-worker-i-e-it-does-not-belong/) [Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/karl-marx-399_body_the-fact-that-labour-is-external-to-the_3172506.jpg) > [Your intuition will tell you where you need to go; it will connect you with people you should meet; it will guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakti-gawain/your-intuition-will-tell-you-where-you-need-to-go-it-will-connect-you/) [Shakti Gawain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakti-gawain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/shakti-gawain-2428_feels_your-intuition-will-tell-you-where-you-n_1524058.jpg) > [...stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/stopping-a-piece-of-work-just-because-it-s-hard-either-emotionally-or/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_bad-idea_stopping-a-piece-of-work-just-because-it_335047.jpg) > [Though farm chores and construction work are the most physically demanding jobs that I currently do, they feel like recess to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-gaines/though-farm-chores-and-construction-work-are-the-most-physically/) [Chip Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-gaines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/chip-gaines-11800_beautiful_though-farm-chores-and-construction-work_2236109.jpg) > [I don't know if I could go to another run-of-the-mill baseball department and work because it would probably feel like work. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-epstein/i-don-t-know-if-i-could-go-to-another-run-of-the-mill-baseball/) [Theo Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-epstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/theo-epstein-7214_baseball_i-don-t-know-if-i-could-go-to-another-ru_1692385.jpg) > [When you strike that fine balance between the challenge of an activity and your skill at performing it, when the rhythm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/when-you-strike-that-fine-balance-between-the-challenge-of-an/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/melchor-lim-61_facts_when-you-strike-that-fine-balance-betwee_1904811.jpg) > [I had a detailed plan for my life, but it turned out life had a completely different plan for me. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/i-had-a-detailed-plan-for-my-life-but-it-turned-out-life-had-a/) [Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/al-gore-609_ability_i-had-a-detailed-plan-for-my-life-but-it_2290220.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-feels/#itemlist", "name": "Work Feels Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Gore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels-fulfilling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/al-gore-609_blessing_it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels_1852934.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/al-gore-609_blessing_it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels_1852934.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/al-gore-609_blessing_it-s-a-blessing-to-have-work-that-feels_1852934.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.” — Al Gore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan W. 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