To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.Victor Hugo
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.Victor Hugo
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.Victor Hugo
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.Jeff Bezos
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.Martin Luther King Jr.
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.Barack Obama