hard work

effort

is that into which every good idea sooner or later degenerates.

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work. Calvin Trillin

is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. Charles Dickens

is liked by most people, particularly when they are paying for it.

Most people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it.

is liked by most people, particularly when they're paying for it.

Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.

is that which fortune is always seen accompanying.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

is practiced by the wicked to reach hell more than by the righteous to enter heaven.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven

is hard. Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.