Fran Larson

Labor Day Quotes That Will Make You Realize That Without Labor Nothing Prospers


Posted: Sunday, September 04, 2011

by Fran Larson
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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.  Henry George

     Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over  John Locke

     It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. ~Henry van Dyke

     God sells us all things at the price of labor. ~Leonardo da Vinci

     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 H   Hubbard

     Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life. ~Marc Chagall

     Without labor nothing prospers. ~Sophocles

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. ~Adam Smith

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid

     Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. ~Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

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

     God give me work, till my life shall end and life, till my work is done.
~Epitaph of Winifred Holtby

     Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow. ~Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I'd Like to Give to You

     The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. (Richard Bach)

     All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

     When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. (Henry J. Kaiser)

     Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. (Ann Landers)

     Nothing will work unless you do. (Maya Angelou)

     There is no substitute for hard work. (Thomas A. Edison)

     Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Francine Larson:

Co-Author of Character Keys to a Bright Future.

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Thank you, Fran, for choosing some valuable words. I know someone who needs to read some of these and think about what was just read.
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