Social Work Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old social work quotes, social work sayings, and social work proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

What I love about social work is the versatility it affords me to work with a wide variety of individuals, using a range of approaches. I am privileged to be let into people’s lives as witness not only to their struggles, but also their resilience. Dima Dupéré
I love so many things about being a social worker. I love the opportunity to help people choose to change their lives. I love the fact that my social work colleagues share similar values and beliefs to my own. I love knowing that those who choose to become social workers do so with the shared purpose of helping others and making a difference. I certainly love being a social worker because it allowed me to recognize the need to create Financial Social Work and to be able to help all social workers and their clients to increase their financial wellbeing. Reeta Wolfsohn
Social work is a great profession because we start with where people are at and then we work with, never for, people to imagine where they could be while always working to pursue both justice and opportunity. The ability to aspire towards being both just, accessible, and respecting culture makes Social Work a great career. Mozart Guerrier
The thing that I love most about being a social worker is having the constant opportunity to encourage, empower and to educate individuals. As a social worker, I can walk around a parking lot with an aged woman in efforts to locate her car (pushing the panic button on her key chain), while entertaining three of her grandchildren and no one will think twice about my actions. I love that being a social worker allows me to be something like a Super Girl. Nathalie P. Jones
Social work is the greatest job in the world because I've gotten to devote my life's work to justice, education, and human well-being. Social work is creative, evocative, challenging, purposeful work. I have never been bored. I love the flexibility of the profession- so many paths are possible, and I have been on many, including mental health, working with homeless vets, child welfare, and research and teaching. I feel like I am making the world a little bit better through my work- sometimes just for one person, sometimes for many. I feel so lucky to have found this profession. Melanie Sage
My favorite part about social work is that it allows me to fall in love over and over every day. Even on the worst days, the ones where nothing goes right, where you question yourself, you find a hand of a social worker, and fall in love again. It's the profession of love. Courtney Kidd
I love the freedom and flexibility being a social worker offers. I can work in a jail, a nursing home, an elementary school or an office. I can also create a diverse career for myself that includes multiple income streams, from writing books to teaching college classes and creating online courses. Social work offers a wide variety of opportunities to create positive change. Amy Morin
The flexibility and portability of a social work degree is invaluable. As a military wife, a social work degree allows me an opportunity to work with any population and in a variety of settings. This field supports niche specialization while at the same time allows a clinician to work in entirely new settings. Jennifer Taylor
What I love most about being a social worker is seeing the true power of healing and transformation. Serving multiple populations over my career has opened my eyes to the boundless ways we heal as humans. I learned this a long time ago, on this path as a healer you get to either plant the seed, water the seed, watch the seed grow, or see the seed bloom - and if you're lucky enough you get to see the whole transformation. I feel so blessed to be a part of someone's transformation journey - at whatever stage they're in. Mercedes Samudio
As a social worker, I get to work with families who are often in crisis. I consider this a privilege to be let into their home and try to problem solve the issues they are having. To develop a shared goal and try my best to help them attain it. It does not always happen, but when a plan comes together that is the reward of social work. Sean Erreger