Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty,… — Audrey Hepburn
I have found in life that if you want a miracle you first need to do whatever it is you can do – if that’s… — Jim Rohn
Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. — Thomas Jefferson
He hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible… — William Shakespeare
Gide and I have attained such perfect intellectual communion that I experience the appropriate labor pains for every thought he gives birth to! — Susan Sontag
If you go out into the real world, you cannot miss seeing that the poor are poor not because they are untrained or illiterate but… — Muhammad Yunus
Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, apparently… — Boris Pasternak
We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather lived a life… — Wendell Berry
The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets here, the dog… — Jodi Picoult
You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest,… — Tessa Dare
Facilis descensus Averno Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras Hoc opus labor est — Cassandra Clare
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I… — Albert Einstein
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness… — Leon Trotsky
...[D]ivision of labor, in my mind, is one of the dangers of work-based technology. Modern IT infrastructure allows us to break projects into very small,… — Dan Ariely
In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of… — John Wesley
The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards… — Charles Alexander Eastman
‎We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat… — Thomas Jefferson
The artist seeks contact with his intuitive sense of the gods, but in order to create his work, he cannot stay in this seductive and… — Patti Smith
Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks.… — Frances Hardinge
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection,… — Frederic Bastiat
Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking. — Peter Straub
Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that… — Fernando Pessoa
Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but… — John Steinbeck
The companies are multinational--why should labor still stick to borders? — Cory Doctorow

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