Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

The wealth of a country is its working people. — Theodor Herzl
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. — Hugo Grotius
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor… — Leland Stanford
I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer. — Leland Stanford
Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative. — Leland Stanford
We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global… — Lou Gerstner
There is no real wealth but the labor of people. Were the mountains of gold and silver, the world would not be one grain of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has… — Dan Barker
Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. — Anandamayi Ma
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure and business labor… — Arthur Helps
While the men of the steel industry were going through blood and gas in defense of their rights and their homes and their families, elsewhere… — John L. Lewis
In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. — Colonel Sanders
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime. — Ignatius Loyola
A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful… — William Booth
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and… — Anna Julia Cooper
The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor. — Peter Jackson
I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will… — Haley Barbour
Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines'… — Michelle Bachelet
Limp Bizkit is my main priority, but my side project, Black Light Burns, is still a labor of love. We have a record written, so… — Wes Borland
You would think that if any group in America had 20% to 25% unemployment, it would generate all kinds of attention. The Labor Department would… — Emanuel Cleaver
I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found… — Sarah Wayne Callies
For small community banks and credit unions, like those in Central and Northern Wisconsin, the hundreds of new rules will require an estimated 2,260,631 labor… — Sean Duffy
I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and skilled workers are… — David Dewhurst
There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in… — Alexandra Fuller

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