Quotes about Labor

You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Exodus 20:9—10

I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the LORD. Isaiah 49:4

My dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord's work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58

The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 1 Corinthians 3:8

When Krishna instructed Arjuna that we have a right to our labor but not to the fruits of our labor, he was counseling the warrior to act territorially, not hierarchically. We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

Remember, the Muse favors working stiffs. She hates prima donnas. To the gods the supreme sin is not rape or murder, but pride. To think of yourself as a mercenary, a gun for hire, implants the proper humility.

We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor.

God did not intend for us to be idle and unproductive. There is dignity in work.

Patience is not simply "teeth-clenched" endurance. It is an attitude of expectation. The farmer patiently watches his barren ground because he knows there will be results. He has patience in his labors because there will be products of his labor. So it is in the spiritual realm. God knows the final product of what is happening to us, and He would have us link patience to our faith. Ask God for the gift of patience—and then use it.

We are to till the soil and work the land—not worship it.

Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work