My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. - Indira Gandhi

The man who rolls up his shirt sleeves is rarely in danger of losing his shirt. - Anonymous

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - Confucius

Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own right arm. - Sidney J. Phillips

Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness. - Greek proverb

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

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson

Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life. - Marc Chagall

Each morning sees some task begin,

Each evening sees it close;

Something attempted, some done,

Has earned a night’s repose. 

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. - Mark Twain

There is no substitute for hard work. - Thomas Edison

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Abraham Lincoln

Undoubtedly, a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself. - William Ellery Channing

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right. - Bill Cosby

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.  - Martin Luther King Jr.

No great achievement is possible without persistent work. - Bertrand Russell

God give me work, until my life shall end.  And life, until my work is done. - Epitaph of Winifred Holtby

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.  - Menander

No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. - The Talmud

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. - Jim Rohn

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

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. - Ralph Ransom

Work hard, but not just to please your masters when they are watching. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart. Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. - Ephesians 6:6-7

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.  - Thomas Jefferson

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage. - Elbert Hubbard

Under the spreading chestnut tree

The village smithy stands;

The smith a mighty man is he

With large and sinewy hands.

And the muscles of his brawny arms

Are strong as iron bands.

He earns whatever he can,

His brow is wet with honest sweat,

And looks the whole world in the face,

For he owes not any man. 

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. - Elbert Hubbard