Happy Labor Day Quotes

• 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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• A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Smile, Men

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• Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

  Samuel Gompers

  Men, Race, Labor Day

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• The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.

  Mark Twain

  Freedom, Labor Day, Pleasure

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.479, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

  James P. Hoffa

  Labor Day, Hardworking, Day Of Rest

  "Weary U.S. Workers Are Still Experiencing Hard Times" by James P. Hoffa, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2014.

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Carpe Diem, Fruit

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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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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

  Indira Gandhi

  Funny, Success, Leadership

  "Taking Charge : Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success". Book by Joan Steinau Lester )p. 76), 1996.

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

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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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 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 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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• 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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• 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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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• The fruits of all our labors have left us as we started. To grow without is not to grow within.

  Dave Winer

  Fruit, May Day, Grows

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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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• 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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• 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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• There is no substitute for hard work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Perseverance, Morning

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