Labor Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old labor quotes, labor sayings, and labor proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

I have no secret of success but hard work. E. Turner
Labor-the expenditure of vital effort in some form is the measure, nay, it is the maker of values. J.G. Holland
The labor of the body relieves us from the fatigues of the mind, and this it is which forms the happiness of the poor. La Rochefoucauld
Labor is life; from the inmost heart of the worker rises his God-given force, the sacred celestial life-essence breathed into him by Almighty God. Carlyle
No abilities, however splendid, can command success without intense labor and persevering application. A.T. Stewart
The labor and sweat of our brows are so far from being a curse, that without it, our very bead would not be so great a blessing—If it were not for labor, men could neither eat so much, nor relish be pleasantly, nor sleep so soundly, nor be so healthful, so useful, so strong, so patient, so noble, not so untempted. Jeremy Taylor