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Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

He who labours, prays.

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one.

Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes ,

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, The protest of the weak against the strong.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.

How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.