Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. – Samuel Johnson
Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria — anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. – W.P. Kinsella
Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. – Sri Anandamayi Ma
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. – John D. Rockefeller
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. – Jim Rohn
There is no real wealth but the labor of man. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles
If a man loves the labor of his trade apart from any question of success or fame, the Gods have called him. – Robert Louis Stevenson