Labor Day Quotes

• Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

  Henry George

  Philosophy, Economic Inequality, Political

  Henry George (1911). “The complete works of Henry George”

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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

  Marc Chagall

  Life, Work, Making Money

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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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  The end of labor is to gain leisure.

  Aristotle

  Philosophy, Work, Tunnels

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• Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Prayer, Answers, Positive Atheism

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

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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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• He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

  Francis of Assisi

  Heart, Artist, Hands

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• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Motivational, Respect

  Speech at St. Louis, 22 Mar. 1964, in St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Mar. 1964

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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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• 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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• 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, Civil War

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

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

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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

  John Locke

  Differences, May Day, Labour Day Weekend

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

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• If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

  Lane Kirkland

  Funny, Money, Hard Work

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• The one thing that matters is the effort.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Motivational, Best Effort

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• The distance between capital and labor is not a great gulf over which is swung a Niagara suspension bridge; it is only a step, and the laborers here will cross over and become capitalists and the capitalists will cross over and become laborers. Would to God they would shake hands while they are crossing, these from one side, and those from the other side.

  Thomas De Witt Talmage

  Distance, Hands, Bridges

  Thomas De Witt Talmage (1886). “The Battle for Bread: A Series of Sermons Relating to Labor and Capital”

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• You are a free man, and let no organization come between you and your best interests. Do not let any man, or any body of men, tell you where you shall work, or where you shall not work, when you shall work, or when, you shall not work. If a man wants to belong to a labor organization, let him belong. If he does not want to belong to a labor organization, let him have perfect liberty to stay out. You own yourself. Let no man put a manacle on your hand, or foot, or head, or heart.

  Thomas De Witt Talmage

  Heart, Men, Organization

  Thomas De Witt Talmage (1886). “The Battle for Bread: A Series of Sermons Relating to Labor and Capital”

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• When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

  J. D. Hayworth

  Country, News, Economy

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• Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

  Edward Kennedy

  Mistake, Movement, Organized Labor

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

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• Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

  Adam Smith

  Money, Labour Movement, Gold

  Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.13

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• Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

  Adam Smith

  Labour Movement, Firsts, Wealth

  1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.5.

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• He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

  Menander

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

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• Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Work

  Letter to HenryW. Ruoff, 28 Aug. 1908

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  The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

  Harry Golden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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