Conquest Quote by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Labour is the human element which makes the fruitful seasons of the earth useful to men.

— Henry Ford

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes…

— Samuel Smiles

A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its…

— William Booth

Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.

— Orville Dewey

Labour is man's great function, his peculiar distinction, his privilege. Can he not think so? Can he not see, that from being an animal…

— Orville Dewey

It is labor alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations for the inward flowering of man.

— Ludwig von Mises

Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.

— Samuel Johnson

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

— Samuel Smiles

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

— William Morris

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

— Vishal Ostwal

Thus the labour of a manufacture adds, generally, to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own maintenance, and…

— Adam Smith