Samuel Smiles Quotes About Labor

Quotes about: Labor

• Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

  Samuel Smiles

  Work, Inevitable, Valuable

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.286

• Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

  Samuel Smiles

  Knowledge, Possession, Labor

• Luck whines; labor whistles.

  Samuel Smiles

  Luck, Labor

  Samuel Smiles (1800). “Thrift”, p.176

• Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.

  Samuel Smiles

  Lying, Luck, Wish

  Samuel Smiles (1800). “Thrift”, p.176

• Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

  Samuel Smiles

  Perseverance, Spring, Blessing

  Samuel Smiles (1864). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.209

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