Top 20 Labor Day Quotes. Famous Quotes About Labor Day!
Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2009
by Joe Waters
Here are twenty amazing Labor Day Quotes for you to enjoy. As Labor Day approaches, it is important to remember what this holiday signifies and why we celebrate it. These famous quotes about Labor Day will help you do just that.
This list includes famous Labor Day quotes from some of the most famous, respected and memorable people of all time. Enjoy and Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day Quote #1
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
Labor Day Quote #2
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Labor Day Quote #3
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend 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
Labor Day Quote #4
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.
Marc Chagall
Labor Day Quote #5
Undoubtedly, a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
William Ellery Channing
Labor Day Quote #6
No great achievement is possible without persistent work.
Bertrand Russell
Labor Day Quote #7
God give me work, until my life shall end. And life, until my work is done.
Epitaph of Winifred Holtby
Labor Day Quote #8
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Elbert Hubbard
Labor Day Quote #9
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Menander
Labor Day Quote #10
I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.
Elbert Hubbard
Labor Day Quote #11
Without labor nothing prospers.
Sophocles
Labor Day Quote #12
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson
Labor Day Quote #13
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.
Thomas Jefferson
Labor Day Quote #14
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
Labor Day Quote #15
No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
The Talmud
Labor Day Quote #16
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Theodore Roosevelt
Labor Day Quote #17
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.
Bill Cosby
Labor Day Quote #18
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.
Jim Rohn
Labor Day Quote #19
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Ralph Ransom
Labor Day Quote #20
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)You've chosen some good quotes for this labor day Joe, thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed this piece very much, Joe.Well done!
inspirational quotes.well done!!
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