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“A man's bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.”

Men Work Bread Bread And Butter

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it.”

Men Work Civilization Bread

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.”

May Mean Soul Body Spirit Work Bread Daily Bread

Book:Master of the Vineyard

Source: Master of the Vineyard

“In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.”

Ifs World Firsts Has Beens Said Light Faces Heaven Work Race Air Cost Labor Good Things Bread Enjoyed Labour Sweat Almighty

Book:Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45

Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45

“Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.”

Ifs Giving Asks Work Bread Anarchism

Author:Emma Goldman

“We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles knot, to work all our days. This mortal probation is one in which we are to eat our bread in the sweat of our faces until we return to the dust from whence we came. Work is the law of life; it is the ruling principle in the lives of the Saints.”

Life Long Hard Earth Faces Law Hours Work Principles Return Tired Saint Bread Dust Mortals Muscles Sweat Ache Ruling Knots Laws Of Life Probation

Author:Bruce R. McConkie