Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.Leland Stanford
I love being in my garden. I don't plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.Jacqueline Bisset
I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.Jamaica Kincaid
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.Daniel Webster
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.Francis Quarles
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.Theodore Roosevelt
Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working men and women make to our nation, our economy and our collective prosperity. It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers' grit, dedication, ingenuity and strength, which define our nation's character.Tom Perez
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.Grover Cleveland
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.Abraham Lincoln
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.Voltaire