1. In our society, labor is not only an economic category, but also a moral category.
——Makarenko
The greatest benefit of labor lies in moral and spiritual development. This spiritual development is produced by harmonious labor and should constitute the kind of human characteristics that distinguish the citizens of proletarian society from those of bourgeois society.
——Makarenko
2. Labor is respected. Serving society is a highly appreciated moral ideal.
——Dewey
3. Labor is a folk pedagogy with magical power, which has opened up a new source of educational wisdom for us. This source is unknown to book-based educational theory. We firmly believe that only through sweat, calluses and tired people's labor can the human soul become sensitive and gentle. Through labor, talents have the ability to understand the world around them with their souls.
——Suhomlinsky
4. The lofty moral significance of labor also lies in that a person can reflect his wisdom, skills, and commitment to his career in the material fruits of labor. His selfless love and his willingness to pass on his experience to comrades.
——Suhomlinsky
5. A day’s work will lead to a night’s sleep; a lifetime of hard work will lead to a happy sleep.
——Leonardo da Vinci
6. The significance of work-study is that it can cultivate and develop the creativity and talents of young people. If we arrange an easy path for young people, they only need to eat to open their mouths and study in class without caring about anything else. In this way, we will harm the young people and turn smart people into fools.
——Xu Teli
7. No matter how hard you work, you will gain a lot. To harvest well, you must cultivate well.
——Xu Teli
8. When labor is a joy, life is beautiful; when labor is a responsibility, life is slavery.
——Gorky
9. Collect famous sayings about labor education: Labor can free us from three major disasters: loneliness, bad habits, and poverty.
——Goethe
10. The future will belong to two kinds of people: those who think and those who work. In fact, these two kinds of people are one kind of person, because thinking is also labor.
——Hugo