Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Man is a tool-using animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can’t think of anything else to do.

A man is not idle, because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is an invisible labor.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.