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Labor Day celebrates the contributions of workers in building our nation and the contributions their fight for rights has benefited our lifestyle. The three-day Labor Day weekend also stands as a last vestige of the summer vacation season. It's fitting, as the community and the nation get back to work (and school counts as work), that we reflect — through the wise words of others, culled from a variety of sources — on the nature of doing that work well.
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
" — Herman Cain, American businessman "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I will do what others can't." — Jerry Rice, former NFL wide receiver "Start where you are. Use what you have.
Do what you can." — Arthur Ashe, American tennis player "The road to success is always under construction." — Lily Tomlin, American comedian and actress "Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
" — Coco Chanel, French designer and businesswoman "I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed." — Booker T. Washington, American educator and author "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
" — Thomas Jefferson, U.S. president, 1801-1809 "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
" — Beverly Sills, American operatic singer "Far and away the best prize that life off ers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." — Theodore Roosevelt, U.S.
president, 1901-1909 "Without labor, nothing prospers." — Sophocles, Greek tragedian "Nothing will work unless you do." — Maya Angelou, American poet and civil rights activist "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
" — Thomas Edison, American inventor "Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work." — Mark Twain, American author "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." — Abraham Lincoln, U.
S. president, 1861-1865 "We salute working people because they have built our land with skill, energy and resourcefulness, transforming raw materials into a shining edifice of freedom and prosperity." — Ronald Reagan, U.
S. president, 1981-1989 "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." — Shirley Chisholm, American politician "Any endeavor that uplifts mankind deserves respect and should be pursued with dedication.
" – Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights activist "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, American entertainer and businesswoman "The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it." — Mother Teresa, nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity.
