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September 5, 2010

Have a happy Labor Day

Dalton Daily Citizen

DALTON — In honor of Labor Day, we decided to surf the Internet to see if we could find some sort of message of inspiration for you. As most of you know, and we were once again reminded of, surfing the Internet is not for the faint of heart.

We did not search through all of the millions of options that Google laid open for us, but after looking at about a dozen we came across this compilation of Labor Day quotes from throughout modern memory.

We don’t believe it will add to our understanding of our community or economic development, but if you find yourself in a game of trivia or making a bar bet on who said what today, we hope this helps. Enjoy.

1) I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. — John D. Rockefeller

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

3) A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. — Albert Einstein

4) Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life. — Marc Chagall

5) Undoubtedly, a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself. — William Ellery Channing

6) No great achievement is possible without persistent work. — Bertrand Russell

7) God give me work, until my life shall end. And life, until my work is done. — Epitaph of Winifred Holtby

8) A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. — Elbert Hubbard

9) He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. — Menander

10) I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage. — Elbert Hubbard

11) Without labor nothing prospers. — Sophocles

12) I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson

13) A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. — Thomas Jefferson

14) Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s hard. — Aaliyah

15) No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. — The Talmud

16) It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. — Theodore Roosevelt

17) There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right. — Bill Cosby

18) The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. — Jim Rohn

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

20) Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed — there’s so little competition. — Author unknown

 

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