--- title: "12 Work Parents Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Work Parents quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Work Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/heart-evangelista-9375_always_before-getting-married-i-was-never-reall_386189.jpg" --- > [Before getting married, I was never really able to travel because of work and I was always with my parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heart-evangelista/before-getting-married-i-was-never-really-able-to-travel-because-of/) [Heart Evangelista](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heart-evangelista/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/heart-evangelista-9375_always_before-getting-married-i-was-never-reall_386189.jpg) > [It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-dern/it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-work-with-my-parents/) [Laura Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-dern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/laura-dern-2048_desire_it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-wor_2843015.jpg) > [I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-orji/i-want-to-do-more-good-work-that-s-very-much-my-parents-influence-in/) [Yvonne Orji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-orji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/yvonne-orji-6484_good_i-want-to-do-more-good-work-that-s-very_971394.jpg) > [You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-rabe/you-want-to-feel-like-people-are-hiring-you-because-they-want-to-work/) [Lily Rabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-rabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/lily-rabe-17489_feels_you-want-to-feel-like-people-are-hiring_2621616.jpg) > [The only honourable work my parents knew was blue-collar. But while my father Robert ran a pawnbroker's shop, and my mother was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/the-only-honourable-work-my-parents-knew-was-blue-collar-but-while-my/) [Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/norman-foster-16290_blue-collar_the-only-honourable-work-my-parents-knew_2983346.jpg) > [When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erykah-badu/when-you-re-in-a-relationship-you-want-it-to-work-my-parents-did-i/) [Erykah Badu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erykah-badu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/erykah-badu-1649_parent_when-you-re-in-a-relationship-you-want-i_1088386.jpg) > [I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hooper/i-come-from-the-kind-of-family-where-work-is-work-my-parents-always/) [Tom Hooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/tom-hooper-11526_always_i-come-from-the-kind-of-family-where-wor_990892.jpg) > [Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/mothers-unless-they-were-very-poor-didn-t-work-both-of-my-parents-had/) [Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/roger-bannister-11572_athlete_mothers-unless-they-were-very-poor-didn_99769.png) > [“When it comes to our children, we do not have the luxury of despair. If we rise, they will rise with us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/when-it-comes-to-our-children-we-do-not-have-the-luxury-of-despair-if/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/cheryl-strayed-605_child_when-it-comes-to-our-children-we-do-not_2972588.png) > [I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-guess-i-want-very-much-to-be-recognized-for-my-abilities-for-the/) [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/jamie-lee-curtis-3771_ability_i-guess-i-want-very-much-to-be-recognize_161671.jpg) > [They really just taught me at an early age the values of hard work. Both my parents are two of the hardest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-griffin/they-really-just-taught-me-at-an-early-age-the-values-of-hard-work/) [Blake Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/blake-griffin-2773_age_they-really-just-taught-me-at-an-early-a_2756995.png) > [While managing a career and family leaves, some parents feeling guilty and frazzled; others seem to be able to effortlessly balance parenthood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-morin/while-managing-a-career-and-family-leaves-some-parents-feeling-guilty/) [Amy Morin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-morin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/amy-morin-4409_balance_while-managing-a-career-and-family-leave_1185763.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Work Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before getting married, I was never really able to travel because of work and I was always with my parents.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Heart Evangelista" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heart-evangelista/before-getting-married-i-was-never-really-able-to-travel-because-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/heart-evangelista-9375_always_before-getting-married-i-was-never-reall_386189.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/heart-evangelista-9375_always_before-getting-married-i-was-never-reall_386189.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/heart-evangelista-9375_always_before-getting-married-i-was-never-reall_386189.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Before getting married, I was never really able to travel because of work and I was always with my parents.” — Heart Evangelista", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Dern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-dern/it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-work-with-my-parents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/laura-dern-2048_desire_it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-wor_2843015.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/laura-dern-2048_desire_it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-wor_2843015.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/laura-dern-2048_desire_it-s-always-been-a-desire-of-mine-to-wor_2843015.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents” — Laura Dern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to do more good work. 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