Attention Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Hard and steady and engrossing labor with the hands, especially out of doors, is invaluable to the literary man and serves him directly.”

— Henry David Thoreau

But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a…

— Henry David Thoreau

When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things…

— Nick Offerman

Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands.

— Benedict of Nursia

When the precepts and example of Jesus Christ fully interpermeate society, to labor with the hands will be regarded not only as a duty…

— Catharine Beecher

Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word…

— John of Salisbury

A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

— Heinrich Heine

Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

— Kurt Vonnegut

...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at once the…

— Frederick Buechner

I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly or quickly.…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.

— Dianna Daniels Booher