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The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility - something that's valuable and worthy in its own right.

People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.

To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy.