Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is
toil.

Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is
toil.

Thine to work as well as pray,
Clearing thorny wrongs away;
Plucking up the weeds of sin,
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Thine to work as well as pray,
Clearing thorny wrongs away;
Plucking up the weeds of sin,
Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
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I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
first. . . . No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way
a cow grazes.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
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God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still some aim for the heart and the will
And the soul of a man to pursue.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Thus idly busy rolls their world away.

Thus idly busy rolls their world away.