Toil Quotes

342 Toil quotes by 252 unique authors

Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an… — Jon Krakauer
How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound? — Robert E. Howard
Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will… — Ramana Maharshi
To have a full stomach, to daze lazily in the sunshine--such things were remuneration in full for his adors and toils, while his ardors and… — Jack London
Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity. — Calvin Coolidge
though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Stars, I have seen them fall, But when they drop and die No star is lost at all From all the star-sown sky. The toil… — A. E. Housman
Old people, who have felt blows and toil and known the world's hard hand, need, even more than children do, a woman's tenderness. — Willa Cather
Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial, and yet the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his… — Charles Dickens
Toil on, son, and do not lose heart or hope. Let nothing you dismay. You are not utterly forsaken. I, too, am here--here in the… — Thomas Wolfe
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not.… — Albert Schweitzer
Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the… — Bram Stoker
A free thinker used to be a man who had been educated on ideas of religion, law, morality, and had arrived at free thought by… — Leo Tolstoy
You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as… — Jim Butcher
When I come to be united to thee with all my being, then there will be no more pain and toil for me, and my… — Saint Augustine
Forsooth, I no longer toil in vain, To prove that demon pox warps the brain. So though 'ti pity, it's not in vain That the… — Cassandra Clare
And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. — Samuel Johnson
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those… — George Orwell
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your… — Og Mandino
To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our… — Paul Robeson

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