Labor Quotes

• Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

  Confucius

  Education, Wise, Clever

  Confucius (2014). “Confucian Analects”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

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• The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.

  Jim Rohn

  Work, Miracle, Labor Day

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 10, 2017

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• All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Uplifting, Work, Teaching

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.

  Grace Abbott

  Children, Labor Day, Together

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• Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Party, Law, Political

  Letter to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, teachingamericanhistory.org. November 08, 1954.

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• I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Believe, Opportunity

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.32, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Progress, Despair, Movement

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.101, Beacon Press

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• Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Independent, Labor Day

  Annual Message to Congress, 3 Dec. 1861

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• There is no substitute for hard work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Perseverance, Morning

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• Without labor nothing prospers.

  Sophocles

  Motivational, Work, Hard Work

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• Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, Libertarian Party, Democracies Have

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• Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

  George Washington

  Integrity, 4th Of July, Fire

  Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour. Sparks 'Life of Washington' (1839) vol. 2, p. 109

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• The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Government, Survival

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.101, Beacon Press

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• He who labours, prays.

  Saint Augustine

  Praying, Labour

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 907-911, 1922.

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• I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

  Ray Bradbury

  Teamwork, Believe, Hard Work

  "Ray Bradbury: The Uncensored Biography" by Gene Beley, (p. 284), 2006.

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• Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Work, Commitment

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• Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Inspirational, Work, Patriotic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.

  John F. Kennedy

  Labour Movement, America, Presidential

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• Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

  Alexander Crummell

  Civilization, Fruit, Bases

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• There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Dignity, Moments

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• It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Moving On

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The wealth of a country is its working people.

  Theodor Herzl

  Country, People, Wealth

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• If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

  Kin Hubbard

  Good Night, Together, Literature

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• Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work”, p.187, e-artnow

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