Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

I was a hard worker.

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

Genius, without work, is certainly a dumb oracle, and it is unquestionably true that the men of the highest genius have invariably been found to be amongst the most plodding, hard-working, and intent men -- their chief characteristic apparently consisting simply in their power of laboring more intensely and effectively than others.

There is no substitute for work.

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.

People know I work hard.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

I never, ever objected to hard work.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

I work like a dog.

I'm a worker. I'm a grinder.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

The true success is to labour.

Keep your nose to the grindstone. It sharpens your boogers.

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work?

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

Life gives nothing to man without labor.

We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.