Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very Happy Labor Day as summer comes to a close and you are enjoying the last of your barbecues and long summer nights. Below is a list of quotes that highlight the importance of hard work, and using your talents and gifts, to benefit yourself and others that I thought you would enjoy reading.
“All happiness depends on courage and work.” -- Honore de Balzac
“Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work.” -- Booker T. Washington
“Nothing will work unless you do.” -- Maya Angelou
“The miracle is not that we do this work but that we are happy to do it.” -- Mother Teresa
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.” -- Theodore Roosevelt
“I have a firm belief in the ability and power of women to achieve the things they want to achieve.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” -- Aristotle
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” -- Thomas Edison
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” -- Thomas Edison
“Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.” -- Donovan Bailey
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” -- Emile Zola
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” -- Abraham Lincoln
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” -- Vince Lombardi
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” -- Mahatma Gandhi
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” -- Stephen King
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” -- Estee Lauder
“Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.” -- Ralph Ransom
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work.” -- Mark Twain
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” -- Oprah Winfrey
“Take rest. A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” -- Ovid