Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really… — Tina Fey
All is summed up in the prayer which a young female human is said to have uttered recently: "O God, make me a normal twentieth-century… — C.S. Lewis
We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job. — Eleanor Roosevelt
For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love… — Brennan Manning
The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a… — Henry David Thoreau
All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction. So… — Bertrand Russell
The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations,… — Helen Keller
The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to… — Leo Tolstoy
But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest. — Leo Tolstoy
When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn't think anyone would notice, but i persevered because like you trying to a do a… — Tina Fey
For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories… — Angela Carter
If I should labor through daylight and dark, Consecrate, valorous, serious, true, Then on the world I may blazon my mark; And what if I… — Dorothy Parker
For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage of the humanity through… — Carson McCullers
I don't suppose you offered to help?" "Sage," Adrian declared. "These hands don't do manual labor." He knocked another ball into a hole. "You want… — Richelle Mead
Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time. A century of… — Richard Powers
Sage,” Adrian declared. “These hands don’t do manual labor. — Richelle Mead
We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day… — Steven Pressfield
Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs… — Alexis de Tocqueville
There are those who labor in the darkness, that the rest of us might live in the light. — Rick Yancey
So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and… — Jack Kerouac
Stop the pain.” – Tory “You know I can’t.” – Acheron “Fine. But next time you’re the one who’s doing labor duty. I get to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Men speak of dreaming as if it were a phenomenon of night and sleep. They should know better. All results achieved by us are self-promised,… — Lew Wallace
I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs… — Kelley Armstrong
Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea… — Sophie Kinsella
Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body… — Tad Williams

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