<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Labor - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real wealth but the labor of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real wealth but the labor of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23965]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By labor fire is got out of stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23946]]></link><description><![CDATA[By labor fire is got out of stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23949]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23953]]></link><description><![CDATA[On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23935]]></link><description><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23936]]></link><description><![CDATA[How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938]]></link><description><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23939]]></link><description><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23941]]></link><description><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying her needle and thread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, The protest of the weak against the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, The protest of the weak against the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23930]]></link><description><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wealth is the product of labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23916]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wealth is the product of labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who labours, prays. [Lat., Qui laborat, orat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23918]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who labours, prays. [Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23920]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;  Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23921]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23924]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23925]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23928]]></link><description><![CDATA[American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23908]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23908</guid></item></channel></rss>