Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will… — John Ruskin
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad. — Henrik Ibsen
Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and… — Michel de Montaigne
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Poetry is the only life got, the only work done, the only pure product and free labor of man, performed only when he has put… — Henry David Thoreau
Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. — Ishmael Reed
Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him… — Robert Nozick
Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia,… — Eugene V. Debs
You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you… — Eugene V. Debs
Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence. — James Bryce
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. — Joshua Reynolds
It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines… — Gottfried Leibniz
How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we get the imagination… — Grace Lee Boggs
You in the unions do not yet represent all of labor. But I hope some day you will, because I believe that it is through… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared… — John Ruskin
Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own… — Steve Pavlina
There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor. — Albert Camus
If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on… — Henry David Thoreau
Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. — W. P. Kinsella
Let us be grateful to Adam: he cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of labor. — Mark Twain
Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible… — Ben Bernanke
Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for… — Rudyard Kipling
I feel like I have a lot more freedom to make these decisions to kind of sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor.… — Cristina Goyanes
Intellectual beauty is sufficient unto itself, and only for it rather than for the future good of humanity does the scholar condemn himself to arduous… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. — Wendell Phillips

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