Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-09-14 Sep 14, 2015Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.~ Mary Ellen ChaseHonest labor bears a lovely face.~ Thomas DekkerUndoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.~ William Ellery Channing Sep 11, 2015The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.~ Albert CamusHe who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.~ Daniel WebsterWhen money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.~ Leland Stanford 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print