“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
– Aristotle
Labour Day is celebrated on 1st May in most of the countries of the world, which is linked to International Worker’s Day. But there are few countries where it is celebrated on other dates, often on days with the significance of labour movements in those countries. The background of this day is mainly to acknowledge the achievements of the workers. It has its origin in the LABOUR UNION MOVEMENT, for the implementation of an eight-hour system. The system highlights the working hours being eight, leisure to be of eight hours, and the mandatory eight hours of sleep.
In Australia, the holiday falls on different dates across states and territories. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and South Australia, it is the first Monday in October. It is the second Monday in March, in Victoria and Tasmania. It is observed on the first Monday in March in Western Australia. Labour Day occurs on the first Monday in May, in Queensland and the Northern Territory (though the latter calls it May Day). In Christmas Island, it is on the fourth Monday of March.
On 21st April 1856, in Melbourne, the first protest for an eight-hour day occurred. The building workers on building sites and stonemasons around Melbourne stopped work and marched from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day instead of the common 15 hours of work-day. The demonstration was a success, and also noted amongst the first organized workers in the world to gain an 8-hour day, with no loss of pay.
Similarly, in the Bahamas, it is observed on the first Friday in June. In Canada, on the first Monday in September since 1894. However, the origin can be traced back to various local demonstrations before 1894, gaining political significance since the labour movement in April 1872 in Toronto.
In Jamaica, before 1961, 24th May was celebrated as Empire Day, in honor of Queen Victoria and her liberation of the slaves. But in 1961, on the suggestions of Jamaican Chief Minister Norman Washington Manley, Empire day was replaced with Labour Day to commemorate Alexander Bustamante, who led a labour rebellion on 23rd May, 1938, leading to Jamaican independence.
In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September.
In this way, in various countries, it recognizes and acknowledges the contribution of workers in our society. It’s a tribute to all the hard works of the labour force all around the world.
To memorialize the efforts of the workmen, we have rounded up few quotes. We are sure that these quotes will prove to be worthwhile to show your sincere appreciation of your employees’ workmanship and to tell them that whatever they do for the company, it matters.
Best Labour Day Quotes
There is so much more to make this day fruitful than just another off-day. To honor the hardships that the workers and employees go through in order to achieve any task, let these quotes remind you of the actual reason behind this holiday.
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
– Aristotle
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison
“Without labor nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles
“Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work.”
– Booker T. Washington
“Dare to be honest and fear no labour.”
– Robert Burns
“Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
– Harvey Mackay
“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”
– Mother Teresa
“No human masterpiece has been created without great labour.”
– Andre Gide
“Take rest. A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
– Ovid
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.”
– Stephen King
“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.”
– Margaret Mead
“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.”
– Elbert Hubbard
“Genius begins great works. Labor alone finishes them.”
– Joseph Joubert
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“No human masterpiece has been created without great labor.”
– Andre Gide
“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.”
– Luc de Clapiers
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.”
– Estée Lauder
“All wealth is the product of labor.”
– John Locke
“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
“Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.”
– Ralph Ransom
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.”
– Donovan Bailey
Inspirational Quotes About Labor Day
Quotes by great men and women in History, inspire everyone to give their best efforts and make things happen. These inspirational quotes will automatically give the boost to perform better than yesterday.
“Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness.”
– Greek Proverb
“A hundred times every day, I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
– Albert Einstein
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.”
– Arnold J. Toynbee
“I’ve learned from experience that if you work harder at it and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.”
– Louis C.K.
“There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.”
– H.M. Tomlinson
“It is labor indeed that puts the difference on everything.”
– John Locke
“Labor Day means grilling outside!”
– Katie Lee
“As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers’ rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force.”
– Elizabeth Esty
“I’ve heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I’ve never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.”
– Uzo Aduba
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
– Vince Lombardi
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”
– Michelangelo
“Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.”
– Samuel Gompers
“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.”
– Pearl S. Buck
“When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.”
– Derek Jeter
“Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?”
– Michelle Obama
“Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.”
– Tim Fargo
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.”
– Anatole France
“Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.”
– William Feather
“Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.”
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.”
– Marc Chagall
“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn’t anything you can’t do if you want to. “
– Jim Henson
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
– Douglas Adams
“It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them.”
– Martina Boone
“Our labour preserves us from three great evils — weariness, vice, and want.”
– Voltaire
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
– Jerome K. Jerome
“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
– Honoré de Balzac
“Employment is nature’s physician, and is essential to human happiness.”
– Galen
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”
– Gordon B. Hinckley
“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Happy Labour Day Quotes
Let these quotes summarize the true meaning of hard work and push you to succeed in your endeavor with diligence and desire. Your goal can only be achieved with sheer determination to pursue, overcoming hurdles, and fighting your fears.
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
“The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours.”
– Ayn Rand
“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.”
– Dale Carnegie
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
– Vince Lombardi
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”
– Harry Golden
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.”
– Charles Kingsleigh
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
– Confucius
“You learn the value of hard work by working hard.”
– Unknown
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
– Jim Rohn
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
– Paulo Coelho
“If you don’t burn out at the end of each day, you’re a bum.”
– George Lois
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”
– Ayn Rand
“You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.”
– Irish Proverb
“Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.”
– Joseph Barbara
“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.”
– Babe Ruth
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
– Pelé
“I used to work extremely hard and didn’t really achieve a lot of tangible things. But when I started working extremely smart, the gates of abundant blessings opened up for me.”
– Edmond Mbiaka
“All wealth is the product of labor.”
– John Locke
“Without work, men are utterly undone.”
– Nevil Shute
“Labor is the fabled magician’s wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.”
– James Weldon Johnson
“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”
– Robert Burns
These quotes talk about the achievements of the workers around us and invoke the inner strength that somehow remained hidden deep down. Nevertheless, give the monster inside a push with these adages and sayings, and let the beast achieve greater heights in whatever you do.
