Work Quotes

"The worker must learn to think for himself and act independently."

"Work should ennoble the soul and not diminish the spirit."

"The mode of existence of a new intellectual can no longer consist in eloquence, which is an exterior and momentary mover of feelings and passions, but in active participation in practical life."

"Victory cannot be achieved through words alone; it requires patient organizational work."

"Competition is the driving force of capitalism, and it destroys human dignity."

"The modern worker has become a mere appendage to the machine."

"The division of labor creates alienation between the worker and their creation."

"Labor is the substance of all value."

"Capital is dead labour that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour."

"The more the worker produces, the less he has to consume."

"Forced labour is the only form of labour that produces surplus value."

"Work under capitalism is alienating and dehumanizing by its very nature."

"In a higher phase of communist society, labour will cease to be a means of survival."

"The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces."

"The division of labour enslaves people to particular skills and narrows their potential."

"Labour is the source of all value and the foundation of all wealth."

"The mode of being of the new intellectual can no longer consist in eloquence but in active participation in practical life."

"Labor as much as you can; it is your portion of life."

"The prosperity of England depends upon the prosperity of her commerce and manufactures."

"Commerce is the lifeblood of nations."

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

"In a truly communist society, labor becomes a means of self-expression rather than mere survival."

"Mere parsimony is not economy."

"Let us be satisfied that in our own day we do our duty."

"An intellectual who is not engaged in the struggles of his time is not truly an intellectual."

"The pain of labour is the secret of riches."

"Idleness is the absence of occupation; ease is the absence of effort."

"Capital is dead labor that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor."

"The more the worker produces, the less he has to consume."

"Economically, the proposition is quite correct that the worker is not paid for his labor but for his labor-power."