Labour Day Quotes

• Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Independent Women, Dignity Of Work, Labor Day

  "Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln: Apply the Principles of the Sixteenth President to Your Own Work and Life".

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• If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Trust, Hate, Liars

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• Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

  Henry Ford

  Success, Business, Work

  Henry Ford (1922). “Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn Independent”

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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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• A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Happiness, Labor Day, Secret

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.6, Modern Library

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• Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Faith, Work, Labor Day

  "The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci".

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• If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

  Doug Larson

  Fun, Work, Weekend

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• Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Carpe Diem, Fruit

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• Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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• No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

  Bertrand Russell

  Perseverance, Persistence, Achievement

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.35, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

  Marc Chagall

  Life, Work, Labor Day

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• The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Success, Stress, Men

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• There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.

  H. M. Tomlinson

  Success, Stress, Labor Day

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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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• The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

  H. L. Mencken

  Work, Stress, Men

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.250, Knopf

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• A mind always employed is always happy.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Labor Day, Mind, May Day

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.6, Modern Library

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• Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Motivational, Blessed, Blessing

  "The works of Henry Van Dyke".

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• Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Prayer, Labor Day, Answers

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4036, Library of Alexandria

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• It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.

  John Locke

  Differences, Labor Day, May Day

  John Locke (1821). “Two Treatises on Government”, p.221

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  The end of labor is to gain leisure.

  Aristotle

  Philosophy, Work, Tunnels

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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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• Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

  Anatole France

  Work, Men, Labor Day

  The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard pt. 2, ch. 4 (1881)

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• Work hard at work worth doing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Work, Day Jobs, Labor Day

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.

  Sidney Phillips

  Inspirational, Men, Hands

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