Work alone is noble. Carlyle.
"Work and wait," "Work and wait," is what 30 God says to us in creation and in providence. J. G. Holland.
Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at almost all things. Carlyle.
Work first, you are God's servants; fee first, you are the fiend's. Ruskin.
Work for eternity: not the meagre rhetorical eternity of the periodical critics, but for the real eternity, wherein dwelleth the Divine. Carlyle.
Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it. J. G. Holland.
Work for some good, be it ever so slowly; / 35 Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly; / Labour! all labour is noble and holy: / Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God. Francis S. Osgood.
Work, go, fall, rise, speak, be silent! In this manner do the rich sport with those needy men, who are held by the grip of dependence. Hitopadesa.
Work is for the living. Carlyle.
Work is not man's punishment; it is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure. George Sand.