If we are idle and shiftless by choice, we shall be nerveless and powerless by necessity.
The mottoes of great men often give us glimpses of the secret of their characters and success.

"Work! work! work!" was the motto of Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Wilkie, and scores of other men who have left their mark upon the world.

Voltaire's motto was "Toujours au travail" (always at work).

Scott's maxim was "Never be doing nothing." Michael Angelo was a wonderful worker.

He even slept in his clothes ready to spring to his work as soon as he awoke.