A person's job, trade, or daily labour; earning a living; vocation and earthly callings; diligence in ordinary business. NOT 'good works' in the theological sense, and not 'the work of God'.
- Plod! Walter Moore
If I could engrave a single word on the heart of every young man with his life before him, it would be the short and homely word— Plod!
That is the secret of success. If …
- The Crowd and Hurry of Earthly Business John Flavel
And yet do not be so intent upon your particular callings as to make them interfere with your general calling.
Beware you do not lose your God in the crowd and hurry of …
- Farm Work Leland Ryken
Our problem today is that we picture farm work from the vantage point of never having done it.
- The Value of a Good Living John Newton
I would assume congratulate a man upon seeing a millstone tied about his neck, to sink him into the depths of the sea, as upon his obtaining what is called a good living, …
- The Fate of the Country Henry David Thoreau
The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you …
- Little Necessary Things John Newton
Religion does not consist in doing great things, for which few of us have frequent opportunities, but in doing the little necessary things of daily occurrence with a …
- Scientific Delusion Thinking, Fast and Slow
I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional …
- The Huge Task of Mothering G. K. Chesterton
How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? … I will pity Mrs. …
- Plutarch on Pursuit of Money and Children Plutarch
Good people, what are you after? Why in such deadly earnest about making money, while troubling so little about the sons to whom you are to leave it?’
- Seven Days to Make a Living S. Truett Cathy
If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.
- Employment Outside the Home Wendell Berry
I do not belive that ’employment outside the home’ is as valuable or important or satisfying as employment at home, for either men or women.