Value of Labor Quotes

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

The payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Give no man sympathy because he has to work - it is his blessing that he can.

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

Labour is the source of all wealth, the political economists assert. And it really is the source -- next to nature, which supplies it with the material that it converts into wealth. But it is even infinitely more than this. It is the prime basic condition for all human existence, and this to such an extent that, in a sense, we have to say that labour created man himself.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

Honest work is much better than a mansion.

Production does not consist in things laboriously made, but in things serviceably consumable; and the question for the nation is not how much labour it employs, but how much life it produces.

But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.

I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

The workman still is greater than his work.

I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.

There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.

The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.

I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have genuinely played the lion's part. They are ready to recognise that those who create the wealth - and I mean not only material but intellectual wealth - enrich the whole nation.

Because I'm a man who works, who knows what a human being is like inside, who knows that every human being has his worth, and who wants the world to be governed by work and not by opinions about work.

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

Working is very important to me. Probably because as a child I was taught that work was good. I don’t believe it intellectually but I identify with that idea. So it’s probably just like a habit.

I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.