I never knew an early-rising, hard working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest, who complained of bad luck.
- Joseph Addison

"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart, is an artist." - St Francis of Assisi

Work is a necessity for a man.  Man invented the alarm clock.
- Pablo Picasso

Hard work without talent is a shame - but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
- Anonymous

Even the lonely woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head.
- Anonymous

Luck is the dividend of sweat...the more you sweat, the luckier you get.
- Anonymous

Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
- Thomas Carlyle

Give me a man who sings at his work.
- Thomas Carlyle