"Then the beauty of Nature, the tranquility and innocence of the countryman, his independence and his pleasing arts, - the care of bees, of poultry, of sheep, of cows, the dairy, the care of hay, of fruits, of orchards and forests, and the reaction of these on the workingman, in giving him a strength and plain dignity like the face and manners of Nature, - all men acknowledge."
- from 'Farming', chapter VI in Society and Solitude (1870)

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (American essayist, philosopher, and poet; b. 1803 - d. 1882)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
Agriculture and Farming, Animals, Dignity, Forestry, Labor and Work, Liberty and Independence, Nature, Philosophy, Strength

"The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands close to Nature; he obtains from the earth the bread and the meat. The food which was not, he causes to be."
- from 'Farming', chapter VI in Society and Solitude (1870)

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (American essayist, philosopher, and poet; b. 1803 - d. 1882)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
Agriculture and Farming, Business and Commerce, Food, Labor, Nature, Philosophy

"A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days."
-from 'Works and Days', chapter VII in Society and Solitude (1870)

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (American essayist, philosopher, and poet; b. 1803 - d. 1882)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
House and Home, Labor and Work, Philosophy, Property and Possessions, Real Estate

"Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place,
As men and women with our race."
- from "The Children's Song", Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)

- Rudyard Kipling (English poet and author, b. 1865 - d. 1936)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings: Agriculture and Farming, Growth and Maturity, Labor and Work, Land, Love

"Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world."
-from his reply to an address by a committee from the Workingmen's Association of the City of New York (1864)

- Abraham Lincoln (American lawyer, politician, and sixteenth President of the United States of America; b. 1809 - d. 1865)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings: Labor, Politics and Politicians, Property and Possessions, Real Estate

"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending, or the taxation of labor."

- John Ruskin (English author, poet, artist, and critic; b. 1819 - d. 1900)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
Economy, Finance and Investment, Labor, Land, Real Estate, Taxes and Taxation, Wealth and Money

"To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch, their renewal of life, this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do."
- from My Summer in a Garden   (1870)

- Charles Dudley Warner (American essayist and novelist, b. 1829 - d. 1900)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
Agriculture and Farming, Growth, Happiness and Joy, Land, Labor and Work, Life, Property and Possessions, Satisfaction and Enjoyment

"Let us celebrate the soil. Most men toil that they may own a piece of it; they measure their success in life by their ability to buy it."
- from My Summer in a Garden   (1870)

- Charles Dudley Warner (American essayist and novelist, b. 1829 - d. 1900)


Glossary of Quotations (Quotes), Proverbs, Phrases, and Sayings:
Agriculture and Farming, Business and Commerce, Labor and Work, Land, Property and Possessions, Real Estate, Soil