“ Capital is a result of labor. It is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force; labor is therefore the employer of capital. ”
- Henry George- Copy
- 4K
“ By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never. ”
- Jean de La Fontaine- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. ”
- Ralph Ransom- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ”
- The Bible- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Nothing happens by itself. It all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. ”
- Ben Stein- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria — anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. ”
- W.P. Kinsella- Copy
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“ The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. ”
- Jim Rohn- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
- 1.8K
“ He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ”
- Menander- Copy
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“ Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, living the more, the more labor it sucks. ”
- Karl Marx- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven. ”
- Charles V- Copy
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“ Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. ”
- Epictetus- Copy
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“ Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3.8K
“ The formidable Heights of Abraham are now surmounted; and the city of Quebec, the object of all our toils, now stands in full view before us. ”
- James Wolfe- Copy
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“ Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. ”
- Anatole France- Copy
- 2K
“ The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs. ”
- Mother Jones- Copy
- 1.3K
“ If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ”
- Robert Herrick- Copy
- 2.6K
“ No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. ”
- Edward Teller- Copy
- 1.5K
“ I have had my labour for my travail. - Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 533
“ What keeps so many employers back is simple unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. ”
- Robert Green Ingersoll- Copy
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