Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence ,… — Sheila Kitzinger
Of the many messages found in the Hanukah story, the one that has always inspired me most is this: with a strong faith in the… — Ronald Reagan
I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work imagined and the… — Lewis H. Lapham
Man is the only 150 pound nonlinear servomechanism that can be wholly reproduced by unskilled labor. — Ashley Montagu
The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional… — Ashley Montagu
The people shall further be graded according to wealth, and—humorous touch this—the more obviously a man labor, the more stinting shall be his reward; the… — Jamie O'Neill
Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the… — Jacob Needleman
Don't let any man into your cab, your home, or your heart, unless he's a friend of labor. — Jimmy Hoffa
People never sing...except in the bathroom. Birthing women also make their natural sounds next to running bath water. There is something about the power of… — Michel Odent
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of… — Michel Odent
War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society… — Ludwig von Mises
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I… — Kiki Smith
Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works… — Ramsey Clark
To get a man soundly saved it is not enough to put on him a pair of new breeches, to give him regular work, or… — William Booth
The land which thou goest to possess is not like the land of Egypt from whence thou camest out... For my thoughts are not your… — Thomas Merton
Historically the most striking result of Kant's labors was the rapid separation of the thinkers of his own nation and, though less completely, of the… — Lawrence Joseph Henderson
Now, apparently strengthened as by a new spirit, with "might in the inner man," he labored with renewed energy and zeal; and new and singular… — Unknown Author
Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America. More specifically, Barack Obama is the president of a congenitally racist country, erected upon… — Ta-Nehisi Coates
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. — Thomas a Kempis
A different world can be created or re-created-but not until we stop enshrining the economic values of invisible labor, infinite and obsessive growth, and a… — Gloria Steinem
Illegal immigration is praised only by those who benefit directly from it, whether in the familial sense of inexpensive nannies, cooks, or gardeners; or in… — Victor Davis Hanson
Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American… — Rick Renzi
The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices. — Will Cuppy
Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God. Work is as necessary to man as eating and sleeping. Pleasure derived from labor is… — Richard L. Evans
Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of… — Benjamin Franklin

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