--- title: "7 Tradesman Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Tradesman quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Tradesman sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/agatha-christie-154_born_it-s-no-good-starting-out-by-thinking-on_269625.jpg" --- > [It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/it-s-no-good-starting-out-by-thinking-one-is-a-heaven-born-genius/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/agatha-christie-154_born_it-s-no-good-starting-out-by-thinking-on_269625.jpg) > [What would people think of a tradesman, that was to give a ball in his shop, hire performers, and hand refreshments about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-say/what-would-people-think-of-a-tradesman-that-was-to-give-a-ball-in-his/) [Jean-Baptiste Say](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-say/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/jean-baptiste-say-9216_balls_what-would-people-think-of-a-tradesman-t_1457806.jpg) > [Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/prayer-is-a-trade-to-be-learned-we-must-be-apprentices-and-serve-our/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_apprentice_prayer-is-a-trade-to-be-learned-we-must_2145875.png) > [My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/my-father-thought-of-himself-as-a-tradesman-a-craftsman/) [Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/thomas-steinbeck-23891_craftsman_my-father-thought-of-himself-as-a-trades_2514795.jpg) > [Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/everything-that-is-done-in-the-world-is-done-by-hope-no-merchant-or/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/martin-luther-106_benefits_everything-that-is-done-in-the-world-is_2862647.jpg) > [To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/to-the-body-and-mind-which-have-been-cramped-by-noxious-work-or-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_attorney_to-the-body-and-mind-which-have-been-cra_3192422.png) > [There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-is-not-a-manufacturer-or-tradesman-in-existence-who-would-not/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/charles-dickens-34_appearance_there-is-not-a-manufacturer-or-tradesman_3227027.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tradesman/#itemlist", "name": "Tradesman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. 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