Labor Quotes


The fruits of labor are the sweetest of all pleasures. Luc de Vauvenargues Labor 323
Ah, why should life all labor be? Alfred, Lord Tennyson Labor 137
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Theodore Roosevelt Labor 134
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson Labor 121
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. Abraham Lincoln Labor 116
All wealth is the product of labor. John Locke Labor 116
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. Ulysses S. Grant Labor 113
There is no real wealth but the labor of man. Were the mountains of gold and the valleys of silver, the world would not be one grain of corn richer; not one comfort would be added to the human race. Percy Bysshe Shelley Labor 95
Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. Sri Anandamayi Ma Labor 93
Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles Labor 90
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. John Florio Labor 84
Such hath it been-shall be-beneath the sun: The many still must labor for the one. Lord Byron Labor 81
If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics. Charles E. Merrill Labor 80
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. Luc De Clapiers Labor 78
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. Samuel Johnson Labor 78
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. John D. Rockefeller Labor 78
There is no real wealth but the labor of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley Labor 76
The true epic of our times is not arms and the man, but tools and the man, an infinitely wider kind of epic. Thomas Carlyle Labor 75
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. Benjamin Franklin Labor 70
Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria --- anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. W.P. Kinsella Labor 70
Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. Josiah Gilbert Holland Labor 69
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles. William Ellery Channing Labor 66
There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus Labor 66
We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital. John D. Rockefeller Jr.Labor 64
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps. Frederick Law Olmsted Labor 61
As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race. Abraham Lincoln Labor 60
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. Robert G. Ingersoll Labor 60
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. Thomas Jefferson Labor 60
Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. Samuel Johnson Labor 56
Labor is the great producer of wealth; it moves all other causes. Daniel Webster Labor 56
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. Samuel Smiles Labor 53
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert Labor 53
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. I Corinthians Labor 52
If a man loves the labor of his trade apart from any question of success or fame, the Gods have called him. Robert Louis Stevenson Labor 52
Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won. Thomas Ã Kempis Labor 52
He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures. Samuel Johnson Labor 52
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. Robert Louis Stevenson Labor 51
I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. Jean Giraudoux Labor 51
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B. Ambrose Bierce Labor 47
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. Jim Rohn Labor 42
I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other. If the labor movement will do its share is outlawing industrial warfare; substituting partnership therefor; if more men of broad vision and high purpose respond to the opportunity for constructive leadership which labor unionism offers, well may it be that the trade union movement will enjoy the glory and honor of ushering in industrial peace. John D. Rockefeller Jr.Labor 42
Life gives nothing to man without labor. Horace Labor 38
It was a labor of love and they did really well. Ian Hunter Labor 33
The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good. Martin Luther Labor 31
The biggest labor problem is tomorrow. Brigham Young Labor 28
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. Thomas Carlyle Labor 26

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