Quotes about Livelihood

There are only two reasons to farm: because you have to, and because you love to. The ones who choose to farm choose for love.

Do we, for instance, carry on our work in our nest or do we only reside and get our mail there? Is our nest a place of consumption only or is it also a place of production?

He turned to his own place then . . . and began to ask what might be the best use of it. How might a family live there without reducing it?

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.

Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially. They were paid only for commissioned works and public performances. And, when their music became famous, orchestras in other cities and countries would pay a small amount to copy the music.

There are only two reasons to farm: because you have to, and because you love to. The ones who choose to farm choose for love.

He returned the money with a graceful letter saying that he had found a means of livelihood which would supply him with all his needs. At the moment he had three francs in the world.

We must begin to live fully and truly, every moment of our daily lives.

For some, a lousy day's work will get you yelled at. For farmers, it's live or die.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.