Toil Quotes

342 Toil quotes by 252 unique authors

There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing. — Ben Hecht
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life… — Samuel Johnson
It is sad, no doubt, to exhaust one's strength and one's days in cleaving the bosom of this jealous earth, which compels us to wring… — George Sand
We have castrated society through fear and intimidation. Its manhood exists only in combination with a feminine outward appearance. Being so neutered, the populace has… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
We, the workers and inhabitants of St Petersburg, of various estates, our wives, our children, and our aged, helpless parents, come to THEE, O SIRE… — Orlando Figes
But our knowledge, the things we learn, can carry on in others after we are gone...The toil of this journey, our journey, is the map… — Tony DiTerlizzi
That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain. — William Butler Yeats
If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at… — William James
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Free choice among a wide variety of goods and services does not signify… — Herbert Marcuse
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus
You desire a popular art? Begin by having a "people" whose minds are liberated, a people not crushed by misery and ceaseless toil, not brutalized… — Romain Rolland
My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with… — Robert Burns
There are many images and realities of what women are, become, can be - strong, vulnerable, dogged, determined, frail, brave, courageous. The faces of women… — Jocelynne Scutt
I know too much from personal observation from how the poor and working classes live to be satisfied with a system which makes their lives… — Vida Goldstein
We plan, we toil, we suffer - in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire… — J. B. Priestley
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on,… — Unknown Author
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. — Sallust
For the dead there are no more toils. — Sophocles
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments… — Solomon
The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and… — Unknown Author
Success, remember is the reward of toil. — Sophocles
The ordinary people will consider it lack of simplicity to harmonize all the changes throughout ten thousand years. With a tired body and a frightened… — Guo Xiang
In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the… — John F. Kennedy

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