Happy Labor Day!, Quotes and a Verse...

Labor Day Quotes and a Verse

"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened,

and I will give you rest."

- Matthew 11:28

"God sells us all things at the price of labor."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Without labor nothing prospers."

- Sophocles

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created

by the individual who can labor in freedom."

- Albert Einstein

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

- Pearl S. Buck

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine

percent perspiration."

- Thomas Edison

"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt

those who are doing it."

- A Chinese Proverb

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop."

- Ovid

"Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold.

But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure

that your most important decision in the day simply consists

of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow."

- Douglas Pagels

"The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily

now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on

his head for the edification of the pathologist and a trained nurse,

a little later on."

- Elbert Hubbard

"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end,

it would probably be Labor Day weekend."

- Doug Larson