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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

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Work is at the core of human dignity.

— Leila Janah

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.

— William J. Clinton

To sum it all up, the objective of my life has been to give work a moral and economic dignity.

— Brunello Cucinelli

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

— Yoko Ono

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.

— Salvatore J. Cordileone

There is no dignity without work. You can't tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient.

— Beji Caid Essebsi

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

— Michelle Obama

I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one's family.

— Doug Ducey

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Herman Melville