Work Quotes

The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.

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"Thought is action, and action is thought."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"Building dwells in thinking; thinking dwells in building."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Craftsmanship requires understanding the essence of materials."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Every good citizen is under obligation to contribute to the welfare of the whole."
Spencer, Herbert
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"The moral equivalent of war is found in industry, business, and the conquest of nature."
James, William
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
James, William
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"There is one thing even the United States has not learned, how to take care of its industrial army."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"The practical spirit of science is its only valuable spirit."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"A man's fundamental purpose is to affect the world."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"Action is the aim of all intellectual work."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"Work is the law of all progress and improvement."
Comte, Auguste
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"We must work together to build a better world."
Comte, Auguste
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"Work is the expression of human potential."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Work becomes play when aligned with passion."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Work gives dignity and purpose to human life."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Work is the humanization of nature."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"The individual must sacrifice for the collective good."
Comte, Auguste
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"Industrial society demands new moral principles."
Comte, Auguste
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"The organization of labor is the basis of progress."
Comte, Auguste
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"The greatest work is the work of building civilization."
Comte, Auguste
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"The great end in life is not knowledge but action."
Dewey, John
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"There is an intimate union between thought and action."
Dewey, John
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"Competition is the life of trade."
Spencer, Herbert
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"A society is not in a healthy state when its members are not predominantly engaged in productive work."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Work is the expression of human dignity."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"The business of a legislator is to promote the happiness of the society."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Every man must bear his share of the common burden."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Nature rewards the industrious and punishes the idle."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"The more the worker produces, the less he has to consume."
Marx, Karl
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"Capital is dead labour that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour."
Marx, Karl