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Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
 Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
 That may both werken wel and hastily.
  This wol read more 
 Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
 That may both werken wel and hastily.
  This wol be done at leisure parfitly. 
Handle your tools without mittens.
Handle your tools without mittens.
 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious 
stones, wood, hay, stubble;
 Every man's work read more 
 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious 
stones, wood, hay, stubble;
 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall 
declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire 
shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
 To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an 
opportunity to do it, is the read more 
 To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an 
opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. 
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
 I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes 
first. . . . No longer diverted read more 
 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. 
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three read more
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.