Dignity Of Work Quotes:

There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.

- Pope Francis

source: Pope Francis' address to the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation at the Clementine Hall, w2.vatican.va. May 25, 2013.

topic: Stress, Dignity Of Work, People, Informality, Disposable

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

topic: Uplifting, Dignity Of Work, Humanity, Making A Difference In The World

My dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest-working man I ever knew. It's because of him that I learned from my youngest age to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: time.com

topic: Dad, Men, Dignity Of Work

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

- Mitt Romney

topic: Responsibility, Dignity Of Work, Self

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

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Uplifting, Work, Teaching, Making A Difference In The World, Manual Labor

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

- Vincent Van Gogh

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual, Meaningful Work, Dignity Of Work

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Work, Independent, Civil War, Labor And Capital, Labor Day Wishes

We work to become, not to acquire.

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Life, Motivational, Work, Positive Work, Dignity Of Work

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

- Timothy Keller

topic: Jesus, World, Matter, Carpenter, Dignity Of Work

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

- W. Somerset Maugham

topic: Independent, Dignity, Wealth, Dignity Of Work, Personal Dignity

How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.

- Pope Francis

topic: Wish, Essentials, Dignity, Decent Work, Dignity Of Work

Honor lies in honest toil.

- Grover Cleveland

source: Grover Cleveland (1909). “Addresses, State Papers and Letters”

topic: Lying, Army, Honor, Dignity Of Work, Hard Work Pays Off

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor.

- Leonardo da Vinci

source: "The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci".

topic: Faith, Work, Labor Day, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

- Herman Melville

topic: Work, Politics, Leisure, Dignity Of Work, Personal Dignity

The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.

- George Meany

source: Archie Robinson, George Meany (1981). “George Meany and his times: a biography”, Simon & Schuster

topic: Justice, Goal, Wages, Labor Union, Dignity Of Work

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

- Cesar Chavez

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Success, Dignity And Strength, Dignity Of Work

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

- Sargent Shriver

topic: Believe, Sacrifice, Giving, Dignity Of Work