Work Quotes

"Production by capitalists of for profit is their motive."

"The process of production is at an end when the product is produced."

"Work is the condition of human dignity and happiness."

"Work becomes noble when directed toward genuine social improvement."

"The labor movement means thinking, means something."

"No pains are, upon the whole, efficacious in producing the major ends of human life, except those which are exercised."

"Work ennobles the human spirit and gives meaning to our days."

"Labor is dignified when it serves the flourishing of humanity."

"One should not work on semiconductors under the influence of a distracted mind."

"One must be prepared to spend time in boring work and conversation, as the price of accomplishment."

"The minute a man ceases to work for the betterment of his fellows, that minute he ceases to have any use."

"Every time a man finds himself thus condemned to work for his daily bread, he loses something that is precious to him."

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

"The worker has no country; we cannot take from him what he does not have"

"Production by isolated individuals for their own wants is replaced by collective production"

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

"Universal emancipation is only possible through universal labour"

"The production of life, both of one's own labor and of fresh subjects, now appears as a double relationship"

"The division of labour offers us the first example of how a man's own deed becomes an alien power opposed to him"

"The great problem of society is to ameliorate the condition of the working classes through scientific organization of labor."

"The worker deserves protection and dignity through rational social organization."

"Work becomes noble when organized rationally and distributed equitably among all."

"The worth of a human being is reflected in the kind of work he does."

"Work gives dignity to human existence and purpose to life."

"Work performed with passion becomes art."

"Work is the means by which man realizes his potential."

"Work and diligence overcome all difficulties."

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

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

"Production is always aimed at social needs, not individual wants."