The higher the culture, the more emphasis is placed on labor. ——Rocher

Labor can arouse people's creativity. ——Leo Tolstoy

Labor is the source of all knowledge. ——Tao Zhu

If you don’t work hard, you won’t get anything. ——Len Wright

Adults are not comfortable, and being comfortable is not an adult. ——Luo Dajing

A good harvest depends on labor and fitness depends on the outdoors. ——Proverb

It is better to retreat and build a net than to envy the fish in the abyss. ——Ban Gu?

A pile of dung in spring, and the ground is covered with yellow in autumn. ——Li Bolin

It is noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work! ——Li Shen

The flowers are blooming and the trees are red, and labor is the most glorious. ——Proverb

If you want to eat well, you must stay clean for two years. ——Proverb

Success is the reward of hard work. ——(Greek) Proverb

Diligence is a priceless treasure, prudence is a protective skill. ——Shakespeare

In the beginning of life, labor comes first. ——Proverb

Labor itself is a kind of enjoyment. ——Manilius

Extended reading:

The concept of labor:

According to the traditional labor classification theory, labor can be divided into: mental labor and There are two categories of manual labor. Because the main contradiction exists within human beings, that is, the contradiction between the subject of human consciousness and the ontology of life. Any human behavior is the externalization of this pair of contradictions and is their comprehensive result. Physical and mental work refers to the physical or mental work that is not completely separated in people's practical activities. This does not mean the separation of the two in terms of expression, but rather the unity of the two in practice, which stems from the relationship between concept and practice itself.

Poems and explanations about "labor":

The Tian family has few free months, but in May people are twice as busy. ?The south wind blows at night, and the wheat is covered with yellow. ?The women carry baskets with food, and the children carry pots of pulp. I went with him to the salary field, and Ding Zhuang was in Nangang. ?The foot is steaming and earthy, and the back is burning in the sky. ?I am exhausted and don’t know how hot it is, but I regret that the summer is long. There is also a poor woman with a child beside her. ?The right hand holds the left ear, and the left arm hangs a basket. ?Listening to his words of care, those who hear them feel sad. When all the taxes on the family fields are exhausted, this is left to satisfy the hunger. ?What merit do I have now? I have never been engaged in farming and mulberry farming. ?The official salary is three hundred stones, and Yan has more food every year. I feel ashamed thinking about this, and I will never forget it. ——"Guan Mowing Wheat" Bai Juyi

Interpretation: Farmers have no leisure all year round, and they are even busier in May. The warm south wind blows at night, and the wheat in the fields is ripe and yellow. Women carry food in baskets, and children carry pots filled with water and soup. They go to the fields to deliver meals, and the men work in the southern hills. My feet were fumigated by the heat from the ground, and my back was burned by the burning sun. Exhausted, I don’t feel the heat, I just cherish the endless summer. I also saw a poor peasant woman following someone with her child in her arms. He holds the picked wheat ears in his right hand, and a broken basket hangs on his left arm. Listening to her talk about her family situation, everyone who listened felt sad for her. In order to pay taxes, he sold all his land and relied on picking wheat ears to fill his hunger. What merit do I have now? I have never cultivated fields and picked mulberries. The annual salary is 300 dan, and there is still some food left at the end of the year. I felt secretly ashamed when I thought of these things, and kept thinking about them all day and all night.

The charcoal seller cuts down firewood to burn charcoal in the southern mountains. ? His face is dusty and smoky, his temples are gray and his fingers are black. ?Where can I make money from selling charcoal? The clothes on your body and the food in your mouth. ?My poor clothes are in plain clothes, my heart is worried and I wish it would be cold. ?At night, there is a foot of snow outside the city, and at dawn, the charcoal cart rolls over the ice tracks. ?The cows are trapped and the people are hungry. The sun is getting high. They rest in the mud outside the south gate of the city. ?Who is Pianpian riding here? The messenger in yellow is in white. ? Holding the document in his hand and pronouncing the edict, he returned to the carriage and shouted at the oxen to lead them north. ?A cart of charcoal weighs more than a thousand kilograms, and the palace envoy will regret it. ?Half a piece of red gauze and one foot of silk, tied straight to the cow's head and filled with charcoal. ——"Charcoal Seller" Bai Juyi

Explanation: There was an old charcoal seller who spent the whole year cutting firewood and burning charcoal in the Nanshan Mountains. His face was covered with dust and looked burnt by smoke, his hair on his temples was gray, and his ten fingers were blackened by charcoal. What do you use the money you get from selling charcoal? Buy the clothes you wear and the food you eat. Unfortunately, he was only wearing thin clothes, but he was worried that he would not be able to sell the charcoal, and he also hoped that the weather would be colder. A foot of heavy snow fell outside the city at night. In the early morning, the old man drove his charcoal cart over the frozen wheel tracks to the market. The cows were tired and the people were hungry, but the sun was already high, so they rested in the mud outside the south gate of the market. Who is that proud man riding two horses? They were the eunuchs and eunuch's subordinates in the palace. The eunuch held the document in his hand, but said it was the emperor's order, and shouted at the ox to pull it towards the palace. A cart of charcoal weighed more than a thousand kilograms, and the eunuchs and servants insisted on driving it away. The old man was reluctant to part with it, but he had no choice but to do it. Those people hung half a piece of red yarn and a foot of silk on the cow's head and used it as the price of charcoal.

It’s noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil; who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is hard work. ——"Compassion for the Farmers"

Interpretation: Farmers are hoeing under the scorching sun at noon, and sweat drips from their bodies on the land where the seedlings grow. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate was earned by farmers through hard work?

The fire in the furnace shines on the sky and the earth, and the red stars are scattered in purple smoke. ?On a bright moonlit night, Nanlang's songs move Hanchuan. ——"? Qiupu Song·Fire of the Furnace Shines on the Heaven and Earth" by Li Bai

Interpretation: The fire of the furnace illuminates the heaven and the earth, and red stars flash randomly in the purple smoke. Copper smelting workers sang while working on a bright moon night, and their songs resounded throughout the cold and steep valley.