Work

Happily in this community we all are bred and born to work; and this honorable mark, set on us all, should bind together the various portions of the community

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice

The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purpose

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

As for my frenzy for work, I will compare it to an attack of herpes.

To get drunk with ink is more worth while than to get drunk with brandy.

Restless work conquers everything.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living

Nothing will come of nothing

Many hands make light work

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand