Labor Quotes

1710 quotes by 1075 authors

I thought Manual Labor was a Mexican golf pro. — Lee Trevino
If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers. — Whoopi Goldberg
Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with you today, and that you… — David Hume
Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that… — George Bernard Shaw
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as… — Thomas Jefferson
Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill… — Khalil Gibran
The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go… — Clarence Day
The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another; and… — Samuel Johnson
Long customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall… — Samuel Johnson
In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union. — Cesar Chavez
The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott… — Cesar Chavez
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism.… — Cesar Chavez
...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare office.… — Cesar Chavez
Imagine the National Guard being called against a group of peaceful people. How far can we get; how disgraceful can it become? It's the most… — Cesar Chavez
We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have suffered not only… — Cesar Chavez
It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others. — Leonardo da Vinci
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. — Doug Larson
If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves. — Lane Kirkland
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. — Saint John Chrysostom

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