To love life through our labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secrets. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
An essential portion of any artist's labor is not creation so much as invocation — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
To get up in the morning & do the monumental tasks that face us, our labor is best fueled by love. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“The aristocrats had to force them to do their jobs. After all, human beings are not badgers. We aren't molded to stoop.” — Andrew Rimas Evan D.G. Fraser Copy Share Image
Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Writing was always a laborious thing for me. I never wrote fluently, I never wrote fluidly, there was something very awkward in… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, 'Oh, you do not need to… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have the right to decide who lives within our borders, and we can't let unscrupulous employers to undercut honest… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to… — Hjalmar Branting Copy Share Image
To a right-winger, unions are awful. Why do right-wingers hate unions? Because collective bargaining is the power that a worker has against… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We have no paupers ... The great mass of our [United States] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
First of all, computer animation is certainly a tremendous and viable medium today. But the warmth and personality derived from 2-D animation,… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. What is the proletariat? The proletariat… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
People misunderstand happiness. They think it's the absence of trouble. That's not happiness, that's luck. Happiness is the ability to live well… — Rachel Kadish Copy Share Image
In antiquity, agriculture and industry depended completely on human labor; but now, with the development of natural forces that human labor cannot… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image