Toil Quotes

342 Toil quotes by 252 unique authors

The communism of combined wealth and capital, the outgrown of overweening cupidity and selfishness which assiduously undermines the justice and integrity of free institutions, is… — Grover Cleveland
I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the… — J. D. Sedding
We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous… — Mary Parker Follett
For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even bare subsistence has to be produced-and produced at a… — Thomas Sowell
We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this… — Ngaio Marsh
The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering… — H.G. Wells
Since Life is but a Dream, Why toil to no avail? — Li Bai
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for… — Seneca the Younger
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for… — Yahya Jammeh
And blessed are the horny hands of toil. — James Russell Lowell
Together we knew toil, joy and pain. My fervent wish is that the nine of us who were united in face of death should remain… — Maurice Herzog
By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are light, or in… — Gerolamo Cardano
Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort. — Kevin DeYoung
Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and shall toil with all our… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness, good faith, good friends and all the work I can possibly do. I think… — Anna Howard Shaw
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work with, for those… — James Russell Lowell
Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day. — John Milton
The more time, toil, and sacrifice spent by a population in producing medicine as a commodity, the larger will be the by-product, namely, the fallacy… — Ivan Illich
What was the good of industrial development, what was the good of all the technological innovations, toil, and population movements if, after half a century… — Thomas Piketty
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline… — C W Ceram
I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the… — William Allingham
O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of… — Phoebe Cary
A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun… — Mary McCarthy
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil. — Sophocles

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