Quotes
Quotes about Labor
There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle, 'Twas St. Patrick himself sure that set it; And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile, And with dew from his eye often wet it. It thrives through the bog, through the brake, and the mireland; And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland-- The sweet little shamrock, the dear little shamrock, The sweet little, green little, shamrock of Ireland!
There is no whaler and no whale biologist, no matter how experienced, who is so jaded that his heart does not race at the sight of a blue whale. â¢Dale Rice Nothing excites jaded grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty â¢Dominic Lawson I used to be a hopeless romanticâI fell in love with everyone I went out with. Now I'm a little more . . . jaded â¢Source Unknown People say the word 'naive' as if it were a bad thing. Frankly, I believe that being naive, like a child, is being innocent. Being innocent is happiness. Once innocence is lost there is no turning back, we have now become cynical and jaded adults â¢Source Unknown We'll have to change our jaded ways, but I've loved these days. â¢Billy Joel ...time misspent and faculties mis-employed, and senses jaded by labor, or impaired by excess, cannot be recalled any more than that freshness of the heart, before it has become aware of the deceits of others, and of its own. â¢John Randolph I'm not jaded but I'm not controlled by my emotions. It's not that I'm emotionless, I just have the ability not to be controlled by things like love and hate. â¢Marilyn Manson If I don't make it know that, I've loved you all along. Just like sunny days that, we didn't know because we're all dumb and jaded , and I pray to God I figure out whats wrong.
He who labours, prays. [Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]
Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands.
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.
Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
