Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labor of love… — Steven Saylor
Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined… — Dean Karnazes
I propose in the following discussion to call one's own labor, and the equivalent exchange of one's own labor for the labor of others, the… — Franz Oppenheimer
Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached… — Samuel Johnson
Said about Napier's logarithms: . . . by shortening the labors doubled the life of the astronomer. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches… — Lyndon B. Johnson
There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount… — Grenville Kleiser
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and… — Ambrose Bierce
Tomorrow sees undone, what happens not to-day; Still forward press, nor never tire! The possible, with steadfast trust, Resolve should be by the forelock grasp.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The true husbandman will cease from anxiety, as the squirrels manifest no concern whether the woods will bear chestnuts this year or not, and finish… — Henry David Thoreau
Get Health. No labor, effort nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we count on chance in lieu of law and labor, we weaken our healthy attitudes toward work, our fellow men and our God. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Labor is blossoming or dancing where The body is not bruised to pleasure soul, Nor beauty born out of its own despair, Nor blear-eyed wisdom… — William Butler Yeats
If you would look up bad labor relations in the dictionary, you would have an American Airlines logo beside it. — Unknown Author
The greatest sin of airline management of the last 22 years is to say, "It's all labor's fault." — Donald J. Carty
Bystanders wandered in and out of the merchant's stall, passing the time, talking of dreams they might purchase. Workers and slaves stooped from labor asked… — David Berlinski
The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike, are the ones… — George Matthew Adams
When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more. — Zig Ziglar
America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than… — Ernest Istook
There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, "I am willing that my business should prosper,… — Charles W. Nibley
Organized labor still has privileges and legal immunities that even kings and governments lost years ago. — Roscoe Pound
Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. One man may find happiness in… — Robert A. Heinlein
There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. — William Graham Sumner
Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you'd care to name comes from working or from living… — Bob Black

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