
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. ~Abraham Lincoln
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” ~Thomas Carlyle
“When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof, and then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant, and then I got a job in a grocery store deli, and then I got a job at a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.
“And I’ve never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a stepping stone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job. And so opportunities look a lot like work.” ~Ashton Kutcher
"The United States has long boasted a nation of hardworking citizens that strive daily towards achieving the American Dream. Today, we take a moment to recognize the amount of sacrifice and energy that our workforce has exerted over the years, and I pray Congress will pursue policies that champion our hardworking taxpayers. May we use this day to remember what a gift work is, and to steward it well, employers and employees alike." ~Representative Matt Salmon
“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” ~Henry Ford
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ~Buddha
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” ~Saint Augustine
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.”
~Booker T. Washington
“Nothing will work unless you do.” ~Maya Angelou
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.” ~Voltaire
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ~Thomas A. Edison
“There is no substitute for hard work.” ~Thomas A. Edison
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” ~John Wesley
"A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property...they are the essence of a free economy. And on that freedom all our other freedoms depend. ~Margaret Thatcher
“I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the Chief meaning of freedom.” ~Calvin Coolidge
“The taxpayer - that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.” ~Ronald Reagan
“A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.” ~Thomas Jefferson
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” ~Thomas Jefferson
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." ~Benjamin Franklin