Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-09-16 Sep 16, 2015Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.~ William Howard TaftLabor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.~ Ulysses S. GrantThe tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.~ William Cobbett Sep 15, 2015Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.~ Henry GeorgeAll wealth is the product of labor.~ John LockeWithout labor nothing prospers.~ Sophocles 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print