Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I do not speak to those who are well employed, in whatever circumstances, and they know whether they are well employed or not;—but mainly…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The work is plentiful but the labours are few.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“this fetishism of the world of commodities arises from the peculiar social character of the labor which produces them.”

— Juliet Schor

“The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Those who work, knows the strength of labour.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.”

— Christine Kling

“As you found today, having no other options makes even menial labor desirable. Sever one attachment and others become more viable.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“But it was impossible to make any impression upon the middling people and the working labouring poor. Their fears were predominant over all their…

— Daniel Defoe

“once people grew used to free money, to laboring only when the mood struck them, they began to think there was something low about…

— Philipp Meyer

“Sometimes, being lazy is much favourable than labouring without a purpose.”

— Vishal Ostwal