379 Quotes About Labor

What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour.

You know not what you are capable of doing; you cannot sound the ocean of thought within you. You must labor, keep at it, and dig deep and long before you will begin to realize much. Be inactive - mourn because you were not created a giant in intellect, and you will die a fool.

उन दिनों (आज़ादी के पहले) जमींदार और बड़े भूमिपति ग्रामीण जनता के मुख्य शोषक थे इसलिए ग्रामीण जनता की मुक्ति के लिए उनके खिलाफ़ संघर्ष छेड़ना वामपंथी आंदोलन का मुख्य मुद्दा था| जमींदारों और भूमिपतियों की कानूनी समाप्ति के बाद गांवो के शोषण के केंद्रबिंदु बदल गये हैं| उनके खिलाफ़ लड़ने के लिए किसानों को भी बड़े पैमाने पर संगठित करने की जरुरत बढ़ती गयी है|... इस समझदारी के बाद किसान-मजदूर अंतर्विरोध का समाधान सहज लगता है

Fear not, the time is comingFear not, your bones are strongFear not, help is nearbyFear not, Gula is nearFear not, the baby is at the doorFear not, he will live to bring you honorFear not, the hands of the midwife are cleverFear not, the earth is beneath you Fear not, we have water and saltFear not, little motherFear not, mother of us all

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

I won’t leave you. What if you have another contraction? What if your water breaks and they rush you into the delivery room? What if there are complications?” He asked hoarsely, his eyes dilating more with each anxious question. And Theresa rolled her eyes in exasperation.“I doubt any of those things will happen in the two minutes it would take you to leave the room and get a cup of coffee, Sandro,” she sighed impatiently.

Ni dieu ni maître!(Neither God nor master)[Feminist and labour slogan translated to 'No gods, no masters']

I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives, who talked of how, in America, if you worked hard, you would become rich. The meaning of that was, if you were poor, it was because you hadn't worked hard enough. I knew this was a lie—about my father, and millions of others: men and women who worked harder than anyone.

On first hearing that little voice – as fine and friable, I felt, as cotton thread, the impact on my soul was that of the highest magnitude of earthquake, those that occur every hundred years, say, or every thousand. The old shell I called myself cracked and was swallowed by a sudden crevasse, and just as suddenly was lost in the commotion.