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Heaven is blessed with perfect
rest but the blessing of earth is toil. — Henry van Dyke
God sells us all things at the price of labor. — Leonardo da Vinci
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
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life. — Marc Chagall
Without labor nothing prospers. — Sophocles
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid
for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that
all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
— Adam Smith
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. — Ovid
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of
labor by taking up another. — Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre
Bonnard
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the
grand recipe, for felicity. — Thomas Jefferson
God give me work, till my life shall end
And life, till my work is done.
— Epitaph of Winifred Holtby
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other
times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your
most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which
color to slide down on the rainbow.
— Douglas Pagels, These Are the
Gifts I'd Like to Give to You
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
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 end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
— John
Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it
would probably be Labor Day Weekend. — Doug Larson
Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going
back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence
Day, but that name was already taken.
— Bill Dodds
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Quotations for Labor Day