Labor

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
- Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955

Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.
- Arthur C. Benson

It is only by labor that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labor can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.
- John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
- Mary Ellen Chase

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
- Ulysses S. Grant, 1822 - 1885

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.
- Francis of Assisi, 1182 - 1226