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Quote by Wilhelm von Humboldt

“Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work.”

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German philosopher, educator, and linguist, known as the 'Father of Educational Reform'. Wilhelm von Humboldt was born on June 22, 1767, and died on April 8, 1835. He had profound insights into education, language, and culture, which had a lasting impact on the world. more

“Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field.... Access to employment [shall not be] made to depend on registration in certain parties or in organization which deal with the distribution of employment.... It is necessary that humanity turn its gaze toward the action of God ... to aid and redeem mankind from all its ills.”

Humans Made Action Certain Humanity Turns Work Deals Party Economic Mankind Fields Depends Machines Organization Aids Access Employment Distribution Human Society Registration

Author:Pope Pius XII

“The right man can make a good job out of any job.”

Men Jobs Work Good Job Right Man

Author:William Feather

“The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.”

Work Race Workers Savior Redeemer

Author:Eugene V. Debs

“All one's work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn't mean every one of his conceptions to remain forever a private vision, an evanescent reverie.”

Ifs Mean Has Beens Done Might Work Vision Forever Reflection Workers Conception Might Have Been Reverie

Book:Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays: Unforgettable Tales like Heart of Darkness, Point of Honor, Falk, Secret Sharer, The Return & Freya of Seven Isles

Source: Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays: Unforgettable Tales like Heart of Darkness, Point of Honor, Falk, Secret Sharer, The Return & Freya of Seven Isles

“Whatever you do, if you do it hard enough you'll enjoy it. The important thing is to work and work hard.”

Ifs Important Hard Enough Enjoy Work Hard Work Important Things

Author:David Rockefeller

“No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work with, for those who will, and blessed are the horny hands of toil. The busy world shoves angrily aside the man who stands with arms akimbo until occasion tells him what to do; and he who waits to have his task marked out shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.”