Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful. – Alice Walker
Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. – Old New England Saying [Or, “Split your own wood…” Sometimes attributed to Abr
Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man. – Jean Jacques Rousseau
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. – Thomas A. Edison
Hard work is rewarding beyond gold. Sweating is living. – Terri Guillemets
It is better to wear out than to rust out. – Richard Cumberland
When everything is finished, the mornings are sad. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
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. – Thomas Carlyle
Weve no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Dont forget it. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. – Luc De Clapiers
Labor is mans greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working. – Orville Dewey
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. – John Florio
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. – Benjamin Franklin
I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. – Jean Giraudoux
If a little labor, little are our gains. Mans fortunes are according to his pains. – Robert Herrick
Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. – Josiah Gilbert Holland
Life gives nothing to man without labor. – Horace
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. – Robert G. Ingersoll
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson
