Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-09-10 Sep 10, 2015The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.~ Luc de ClapiersThere is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.~ Gordon B. HinckleyLabor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.~ Lucy Larcom Sep 9, 2015The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.~ Josiah WarrenDignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.~ Bill HybelsLet us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.~ Daniel Webster Sep 8, 2015Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.~ Abraham LincolnLabor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.~ Adam SmithDignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.~ Booker T. Washington Sep 7, 2015A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.~ Grover ClevelandBy rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.~ James MadisonNo man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.~ Thomas Jefferson Sep 4, 2015The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn't have on things he doesn't need -- we're done for.~ Bill BonnerA socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.~ George Bernard ShawThat man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.~ Henry David Thoreau Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print