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Without labor nothing prospers.
Without labor nothing prospers.
 With fingers weary and worn,
 With eyelids heavy and red,
  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
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 With fingers weary and worn,
 With eyelids heavy and red,
  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
   Plying her needle and thread. 
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!
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
 To labour is the lot of man below;
 And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.  
 To labour is the lot of man below;
 And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. 
On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.
On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
 And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as 
conceivable.  
 And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as 
conceivable. 
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.