Labor Quotes

"I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players. Cultivated labor drives out brute labor."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."
-Thomas A. Edison

"LABOR PAINS BUT PAYS."
-Pandit Mustafa Arif

"Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over."
-Henry George

"Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems."
-Bishop Desmond Tutu

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."
-Albert Einstein

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
-George Washington

"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."
-Joseph Joubert

"All wealth is the product of labor."
-John Locke

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
-Confucius

"The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal."
-Menander

"He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor."
-Menander

"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done."
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures."
-Luc De Clapier De Vauvanargues

"Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel."
-William Hazlitt

"We're in a very tight labor market. It's a crunch."
-Kathryn Schmidt

"There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."
-Sir Joshua Reynolds

"Continued focus on (employee) turnover is of critical importance, because of the direct relation of turnover to improvements in labor costs and guest satisfaction."
-Finley Peter Dunne

"We have the labor. What we're going to need is the materials."
-Norm Johnson

"You're basically seeing a $50 all-day show for $5. That isn't a bad way to kick off Labor Day weekend."
-Valerie Diallo

"In labor and delivery, things can go really bad very quickly, sometimes in a case of seconds."
-David Joyce

"I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics."
-Natalie Merchant

"It's against the law to go out on Sunday from the end of June until Labor Day. It forces the fishermen to spend some time with their families."
-Anne Miller

"Get us the cargo, and we'll get you the labor."
-James Campbell

"It gave us an opportunity to change the labor movement, but unfortunately the labor movement didn't take it."
-Anna Burger

"We always offer bidding and we are always open to union labor."
-Jonathan Stein

"As far as we are concerned, Labor Day is a legitimate venue for the workers to exercise their constitutional right to freedom of assembly."
-Josua Mata