Thorstein Veblen Quotes

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

A reform in the relations of the employer and employed, by which shall be secured the practice of the great natural law, of one-third of time to labour, one-third to recreation, and one-third to rest, that by this, intellectual improvement and physical development may go on to that perfection which the Almighty Creator designed.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity.

We need to give workers more control over their training, health care, and their pensions.

A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work is ever my partner’s motto.

The workers, before all else.

Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis.

People want to be a part of an organization that lets them be fully alive and bring their gifts to work. People really do want to be engaged and feel proud of their contribution.

Members of the workforce must feel valued.

I'm very happy and satisfied at Liverpool. I feel valued and respected.

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.

If I'm going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness!

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

The things women find rewarding about work are, by and large, the same things that men find rewarding and include both the inherent nature of the work and the social relationships.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.

America's work ethic is non-stop; it's not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of.

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.