Abraham Lincoln Quotes

He who is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

Labour is the source of every blessing.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

People work hard.

Without labor nothing prospers.

I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

You can't get work without working.

Man is born to labor.

I was a hard worker.

I'd rather work than not work.

I work hard at my job.

Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.

I am always for the man who wishes to work.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

There is no substitute for work.

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Work begets work.

I've always worked very hard.