Coarse Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat

— Clifton Fadiman

Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“In order to enjoy the fruits of your labor, you have to labor.”

— Karen Budzinski

It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the…

— Swami Vivekananda

The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under…

— James Otis

I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Labor: a powerful medicine.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

— Plutarch

“With coarse grain to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow: I still have joy in the midst of…

— Confucius

It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.

— J. J. Watt