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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
[Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus doux read more
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
[Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus doux des plaisirs.]
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Handle your tools without mittens.
Handle your tools without mittens.
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.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Who first invented work, and bound the free
And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
To that read more
Who first invented work, and bound the free
And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .
Sabbathless Satan!
The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.
The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.
