Tag: Labor Day

Quotes September 04, 2023

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham Lincoln
 
 
 
 
I have a firm belief in the ability and power of women to achieve the things they want to achieve.
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Henry Ford
 
 
 
 
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
 
 
 
 
There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
 
 
 
 
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame NFL coach
 
 
 
 
When we work for a bigger purpose, we find an endless supply of happiness at work.
Jon Gordon, author and motivational speaker
 
 
 
 
Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.
Robert Green Ingersoll, attorney and orator
 
 
 
 
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
Helena Rubenstein, businesswoman and philanthropist
 
 
 
 
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
 
 
 
 
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Confucius
 
 
 
 
“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.”
Victor Hugo
 
 
 
 
“Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness.”
Greek proverb
 
 
 
 
“Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.”
Ralph Ransom
 
 

Quotes September 05, 2022

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham Lincoln
 
 
 
 
I have a firm belief in the ability and power of women to achieve the things they want to achieve.
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Henry Ford
 
 
 
 
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
 
 
 
 
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Samuel Goldwyn
 
 
 
 
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.”
Arnold J. Toynbee
 
 
 
 
“Forrest Gump said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates.’ Your career is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. But everything is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That’s the exciting part. It’s an adventure in itself.”
Nick Carter
 
 
 
 
“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.”
Lucille Ball
 
 
 
 
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
Madeleine L’Engle
 
 
 
 
“Find something that you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” —
Julia Child
 
 
 
 
“If you really believe in what you’re doing, work hard, take nothing personally, and if something blocks your route, find another. Never give up.”
Laurie Notaro
 
 
 
 
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true — hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.”
Ray Bradbury
 
 
 
 
“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
Pablo Picasso
 
 
 
 
“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.”
Margaret Thatcher
 
 
 
 
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
Richard Bach
 
 
 
 
“Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.”
Donovan Bailey
 
 
 
 
“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.”
Malcolm Gladwell
 
 
 
 
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs
 
 
 
 
“We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.”
Earl Nightingale
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 07, 2020

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
Doug Larson
 
 
 
 
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill
 
 
 
 
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
“The end of labor is to gain leisure.”
Aristotle
 
 
 
 
“Without labor nothing prospers.”
Sophocles
 
 
 
 
“Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work.”
“Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.”
Booker T. Washington
 
 
 
 
“Dare to be honest and fear no labour.”
Robert Burns
 
 
 
 
“Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
Harvey Mackay
 
 
 
 
“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”
Mother Teresa
 
 
 
 
“No human masterpiece has been created without great labour.”
Andre Gide
 
 
 
 
“Take rest. A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
Ovid
 
 
 
 
Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working men and women make to our nation, our economy and our collective prosperity. It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers’ grit, dedication, ingenuity and strength, which define our nation’s character.
Tom Perez
 
 
 
 
As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers’ rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force.
Elizabeth Esty
 
 
 
 
For working people and union members, Labor Day stands for something special and profound. It’s a day to honor the deep commitment each of us has to serve the children we teach, the families we heal, and the communities we love.
Randi Weingarten
 
 
 
 
“Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.”
Marc Chagall
 
 
 
 
“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.”
Thomas Jefferson
 
 
 
 
“Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.”
Joseph Joubert
 
 
 
 
“The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street.”
Sunday Adelaja
 
 
 
 
“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
Francis of Assisi
 
 
 
 
“This is just the beginning of a new era for America’s workers.”
James P. Hoffa
 
 
 
 
“No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.”
Greg Kincaid
 
 
 
 
“Without work men are utterly undone.”
Nevil Shute
 
 
 
 
“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”
Helen Keller
 
 
 
 
Some people pay more attention to how much God doesn’t do for them than what He does for them.
Unknown

Quotes September 02, 2019

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
 
 
 
 
Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work.
Booker T. Washington
 
 
 
 
Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.
Harvey Mackay
 
 
 
 
Without labor nothing prospers.
Sophocles
 
 
 
 
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
Robert Burns
 
 
 
 
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.
Stephen King
 
 
 
 
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Margaret Mead
 
 
 
 
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Elbert Hubbard
 
 
 
 
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa
 
 
 
 
Genius begins great works. Labor alone finishes them.
Joseph Joubert
 
 
 
 
“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
No human masterpiece has been created without great labor.
Andre Gide
 
 
 
 
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
Luc de Clapiers
 
 
 
 
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
Take rest. A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
Ovid
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.
Estée Lauder
 
 
 
 
All wealth is the product of labor.
John Locke
 
 
 
 
“I’ve learned from experience that if you work harder at it and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.”
Louis C.K.
 
 
 
 
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.
Oprah Winfrey
 
 
 
 
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius
 
 
 
 
“Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness.”
Greek Proverb
 
 
 
 
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Ralph Ransom
 
 
 
 
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
 
 
 
 
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Theodore Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.
Donovan Bailey
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.”
Arnold J. Toynbee
 
 
 
 
“As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers’ rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force.”
Elizabeth Esty
 
 
 
 
“Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.”
Samuel Gompers
 
 
 
 
“I’ve heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I’ve never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.”
Uzo Aduba
 
 
 
 
“Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?”
Michelle Obama
 
 
 
 
“When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.”
Derek Jeter
 
 
 
 
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
Pearl S. Buck
 
 
 
 
Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
William Feather
 
 
 
 
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
 
 
 
 
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”
Michelangelo
 
 
 
 
“Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.”
Tim Fargo
 
 
 
 
“It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them.”
Martina Boone
 
 
 
 
“Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
 
 
 
 
Kicking back is that much sweeter when you’ve earned it.
Unknown