Quotes About Labor

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

I have an idea for sweatshops: air conditioning! That's simple. 14 year old boys working twelve hour days? "Yeah, but they're comfortable!"

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.

About 14 percent of our nation's civilian workforce is foreign-born.

Here's a thought for sweat shop owners: Air Conditioning. Problem solved.

Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence

Nothing will work unless you do.

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.

Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.

Emotional labor is available to all of us, but it is rarely exploited as a competitive advantage.

The fruits of your labor will bare the fruits of your success.

Books are like our children. They are often conceived by inspiration, but are born only by labor.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

Arn was about to say something about having too much work awaiting him, and that only at the end of the workday should a man enjoy the fruits of what he had accomplished by the sweat of his brow.

Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

Writing is a craft which can be learned like any other. It is not, as some believe, a mystical gift granted only to a fortunate few. Writing simply involves a good deal of time, intense labor and, most of all, self-discipline.

Abram's been working for me," she said, pulling free. She touched Sam's sleeve. "He's been building his own casket.