Best Labors Sayings
169 Labors quotes by 129 unique authors
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When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.
— Confucius
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The abstractionist and the materialist thus mutually exasperating each other, and the scoffer expressing the worst of materialism, there arises a third party to occupy…
— Marsilio Ficino
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By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are light, or in…
— Gerolamo Cardano
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Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World; and…
— John Woolman
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I guess what I want to say to us artists and entrepreneurs is that conventional yardsticks of success don't apply to all enterprises. Labors of…
— Steven Pressfield
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And let us not trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledging the power and goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of…
— Grover Cleveland
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Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity:…
— Aberjhani
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Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.
— Alexander Herzen
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will…
— Abbott Lawrence Lowell
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Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection.
— Unknown Author
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No missionary can determine the lasting effects of his or her labors.
— Richard G. Scott
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We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the…
— Martin Luther
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The man or woman at home who prays often has as much to do with the effectiveness of the missionary on the field, and consequently…
— Reuben Archer Torrey
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The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather the conditions -…
— Elaine L. Jack
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Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached…
— Samuel Johnson
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Said about Napier's logarithms: . . . by shortening the labors doubled the life of the astronomer.
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Tomorrow sees undone, what happens not to-day; Still forward press, nor never tire! The possible, with steadfast trust, Resolve should be by the forelock grasp.…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the…
— Rose Schneiderman
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The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would this country have…
— James Adams
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The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it brings no bread…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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To seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only…
— David Whyte
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Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the…
— Richard Baxter
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The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person.
— Betsy Lerner
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Volunteers are the backbone, heart, and soul of the restoration movement. And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working to revive damaged…
— William K. Stevens
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