Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

We think of Euclid as of fine ice; we admire Newton as we admire the peak of Teneriffe. Even the intensest labors, the most remote… — Walter Bagehot
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands. — Henry Ward Beecher
If a woman doesn't look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn't treating her right. — Ina May Gaskin
With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not… — Thucydides
American labor may now look to the future with confidence. — James J. Davis
Where there is a man who does not labor because another is compelled to work for him, there slavery is. — Leo Tolstoy
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
Saltwater heals, healing referring to its various forms; tears, cleanses and heals the soul; sweat, cleanses through labor; the ocean, heals in all its forms. — Rabindranath Tagore
Labor rids us of three great evils; tediousness, vice, and poverty. — John Ruskin
Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume. — Victor Hugo
From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the… — George McGovern
It is better then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it - keep it. If men choose… — Abraham Lincoln
Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave… — Bernard Baruch
What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. . . . I… — Robertson Davies
Your own self-will and anxiety, your hurry and labor, disturb your peace and prevent Me from working in you. Look at the little flowers, in… — Gerhard Tersteegen
No true Latter-Day Saint, while physically or emotionally able will voluntarily shift the burden of his own or his family's well-being to someone else. So… — Spencer W. Kimball
Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers… — Leon Trotsky
Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship. — Abraham Lincoln
We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other… — Alexis Herman
The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to… — Ronald Reagan
Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of… — Ulysses S. Grant
Labor is the divine law of our existence. — Giuseppe Mazzini
The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions… — Seth Godin
Whatever our dreams, ideas, or projects, we plant a seed, nurture it -- and then reap the fruits of our labors. — Oprah Winfrey

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