Quotes about Labor
In my mind nothing is more abhorrent than a life of ease. None of us has any right to ease. There is no place in civilization for the idler.
— Henry Ford
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?
— Ronald Reagan
There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
— Thomas a Kempis
The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
— Grover Cleveland
Honor lies in honest toil.
— Grover Cleveland
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.
— Liz Curtis Higgs
Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.
— Henry Ford
The fruits of your labor will bare the fruits of your success.
— Jon Jones
I don't even know what 'working hard' means. If you get to sit behind a desk all day in an air-conditioned room, there's no such thing as hard work.
— Jason Fried