International Workers' Day Quotations

International Workers' Day Quotations

In any given group, the most will do the least and the least the most.

Merle P. MartinFrom each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Karl MarxThere is nothing laudable in work for work's sake.

John Stuart MillIf wars are eliminated and production is organized scientifically, it is probable that four hours' work a day will suffice to keep everybody in comfort.

Bertrand RussellIn proportion as the principle of the division of labor is more extensively applied, the workman becomes more weak, more narrow-minded, and more dependent. The art advances, the artisan recedes.

Alexis De TocquevillePhysical labor not only does not exclude the possibility of mental activity, but improves and stimulates it.

Leo TolstoyWork keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.

VoltaireThere is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington

Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity.

Peter F. DruckerAll play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

Maria EdgeworthEvery man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He fails to make his place good in the world unless he not only pays his debt but also adds something to the common wealth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

Robert Frost

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Margaret Fuller

After it has discharged its task, the soul moyes with greater ease and enjoys life. There is nothing more wretched than well-being without work. This is enough to make the finest of nature's gifts turn sour.

Goethe

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery.

Maxim Gorky

Work is the means of living, but it is not living.

Josiah Gilbert 

HollandAll Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

James Howell

We work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard