Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again,… — Jean-Georges Noverre
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting… — Marc Ian Barasch
There are airmen and there are pilots: the first being part bird whose view from aloft is normal and comfortable, a creature whose brain and… — Ernest K. Gann
There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find a job where… — Joe Biden
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. — Quintilian
Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life — Frederick Douglass
All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy,… — Hippocrates
I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working… — Dick Gephardt
But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the… — Janet Napolitano
Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the… — Georges Bataille
Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them. Let us also teach our… — L. Tom Perry
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice,… — Benedict of Nursia
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor. — Ignatius Loyola
Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that lies in ignorance,… — Christine de Pizan
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them… — Martin Luther
From the moment the organizer enters a community he lives, dreams... only one thing and that is to build the mass power base of what… — Saul Alinsky
The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from… — Henri Lefebvre
Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers. — Jerry Falwell
After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it… — Barry Commoner
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that… — Bell Hooks
Can anything be imagined more abhorrent to every sentiment of generosity and justice, than the law which arms the rich with the legal right to… — William C. Bryant
The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire, and when? — Yasunari Kawabata
The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together.... Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is… — Linda Gordon
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under the division of… — Ludwig von Mises

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