Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. – Henry van Dyke
God sells us all things at the price of labor. – Leonardo da Vinci
Without labor nothing prospers. – Sophocles
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. – Ovid
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. – Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. – Thomas Jefferson
The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. – H.L. Mencken
There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers. – H.M. Tomlinson
The end of labor is to gain leisure. – Aristotle
It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything. – John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. – Doug Larson
