Happy Labor Day Quotes:

It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.

- John Locke

source: John Locke (1821). “Two Treatises on Government”, p.221

topic: Differences, Labor Day, May Day, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Funny, Smile, Men, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Job Opportunities, Inspiring Business

Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

- James P. Hoffa

source: "Weary U.S. Workers Are Still Experiencing Hard Times" by James P. Hoffa, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2014.

topic: Labor Day, Hardworking, Labor, Labor Day Wishes, Day Of Rest

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Positive, Carpe Diem, Fruit, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

- Samuel Gompers

topic: Men, Race, Labor Day, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.

- Mark Twain

source: Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.479, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Freedom, Labor Day, Pleasure, Labor Day Wishes, Happy Labor Day

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

- Bertrand Russell

topic: Persistence, Achievement, Persistent, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

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.

- John D. Rockefeller

topic: Inspirational, Believe, Opportunity, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

- Aristotle

topic: Philosophy, Work, Tunnels, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

- Adam Smith

topic: Firsts, Labor, May Day, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

- Stephen Leacock

source: Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Daily Work, True Believer

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor.

- Leonardo da Vinci

source: "The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci".

topic: Faith, Work, Labor Day, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Life, Motivational, Wisdom, Antithesis, World Religions

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

- Marc Chagall

topic: Life, Work, Making Money, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

- Bill Cosby

topic: Work, Quality, Doe, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Uplifting, Work, Teaching, Making A Difference In The World, Manual Labor

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

- Aaliyah

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Happiness, Success, Perseverance, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

topic: Men, Looks, Debt, Labour Day, Owing A Debt

Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

source: "The Village Blacksmith" st. 1 (1839)

topic: Strong, Men, Hands, Labour Day, Chestnuts

Labor 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 Lincoln

topic: Work, Independent, Civil War, Labor And Capital, Labor Day Wishes

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

- Menander

topic: Inspirational, Success, Perseverance, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

- Joseph Joubert

topic: Inspirational, Work, Commitment, Manual Labor, Labor Day Wishes

I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day.

- Lewis Black

topic: Summer, Believe, Talking, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

All that serves labor serves the Nation. All ^ that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Hate, Liars, Men, Labor Day Wishes, Labor Union

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

- Indira Gandhi

source: "Taking Charge : Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success". Book by Joan Steinau Lester )p. 76), 1996.

topic: Success, Leadership, Witty, May Day, My Grandfather

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

- Adam Smith

topic: Money, Gold, Firsts, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Journey To Success

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

- Doug Larson

topic: Fun, Weekend, Car, Manual Labor, Labor Day Wishes

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Happiness, Mind, Secret, Always Happy, May Day

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

- Ulysses S. Grant

topic: Inspirational, Work, Patriotic, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

There is no substitute for hard work.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Morning, Motivation, Hard Work, May Day, Inspirational Hard Work

The fruits of all our labors have left us as we started. To grow without is not to grow within.

- Dave Winer

topic: Fruit, Grows, Labor, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Positive Thinking, Optimism, Want, Daily Work, Social Responsibility

Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Life, Thank You, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

- Ovid

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Stress, May Day, Inspirational Stress

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

- Anatole France

topic: Work, Men, Labor Day, May Day, Labor Day Wishes

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Success, Stress, Men, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.

- H. M. Tomlinson

topic: Success, Stress, Littles, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Miracle, Soil, Affirmation, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

- H. L. Mencken

topic: Stress, Men, Liberty, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk! The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work. This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil: Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

- Henry Van Dyke

topic: Work, Blessing, Men, May Day, Kirk

Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.

- Sidney Phillips

topic: Inspirational, Men, Hands, Labor Day Wishes, Labour Day

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Moving On, Painful Things, Inspirational Moving On