Cornerstones

Quotations, Various

Cornerstones highlights thought-provoking quotes from notable folks.

He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures.
Samuel Johnson

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Ralph Ransom

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King Jr.

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
Abraham Lincoln

'Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.
William Shakespeare

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.
Robert Louis Stevenson

All wealth is the product of labor.
John Locke

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58

Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.
George Washington

Labor is the great producer of wealth; it moves all other causes.
Daniel Webster

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is gravy.
Bette Davis

When you put on your clothes, remember the weaver's labor; when you take your daily food, remember the husbandman's work.
Chinese Proverb

The dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but how you do it.
Edwin Osgood Grover

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Ulysses S. Grant

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.
Wendell Berry

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Thomas Jefferson

There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Albert Camus

Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
Helena Rubinstein

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