Labor Day Quotes - Page 2
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.25
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.
1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.5.
Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.168, Rowman & Littlefield
The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.
Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.479, Jazzybee Verlag
He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.
"The Village Blacksmith" st. 2 (1839)
Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.470, Simon and Schuster