"Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working."
– Orville Dewey
"If little labour, little are our gaines:
Man's fortune are according to his paines."
- Herrick, Hesperides
"Labor conquers all things."
- Homer
"Labor, if to were not necessary for the existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man."
- Samuel Johnson
"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."
– Joseph Joubert
"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
