Take a man out of the trenches, make him a straw boss, and he develops a belly. ~Martin H. FischerFFM
Labor Quotes SMS
Labor Quotes SMS
It is only the constant exertion and
It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keep us from rusting, and so becoming useless. ~Charles SimmonsQSO
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. ~Henry van DykeQSO
Man is so made that he can
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
There are moments when art attains almost
There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor. ~Oscar Wildeunknown in HHQ, 2010 email
A man who has no office to
A man who has no office to go to – I don’t care who he is – is a trial of which you can have no conception. ~George Bernard Shaw
It is necessary to work if not
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. ~Charles Baudelaire, Mon Coeur mis ? nu
The cure for anything is salt water
The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen
It is better to wear out than
It is better to wear out than to rust out. ~Richard CumberlandDCMOO
No man is born into the world
No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him; there is always work
And tools to work withal, for those who will….
~James Russell LowellCD
People love chopping wood in this activity
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ~Albert EinsteinFD
Without labor nothing prospers sophocles
Without labor nothing prospers. ~Sophocles
God sells us all things at the
God sells us all things at the price of labor. ~Leonardo da Vinci
Temperance and labor are the two true
Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man. ~Jean Jacques RousseauQSO
To labor is to pray motto of
To labor is to pray. ~Motto of the BenedictinesCD
34i have no more than twenty acres
"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils – boredom, vice, and want." ~Voltaire
When everything is finished the mornings are
When everything is finished, the mornings are sad. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
A mind always employed is happy this
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. ~Thomas JeffersonGCLE
What the country needs are a few
What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions. ~Arnold Glasow
Hard work is rewarding beyond gold sweating
Hard work is rewarding beyond gold. Sweating is living. ~Terri Guillemets