Quotes on Labour Day

There is no substitute for hard work.

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

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

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.

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

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

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

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

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

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

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

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.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.