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 They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),  
 They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), 
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real read more
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.
 He who labours, prays.
 [Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]  
 He who labours, prays.
 [Lat., Qui laborat, orat.] 
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go read more
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased read more
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
 He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
 [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more 
 He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
 [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.] 
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor
Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor
 Not all the labor of the earth
 Is done by hardened hands.  
 Not all the labor of the earth
 Is done by hardened hands.