Earned

Famous quotes containing the word earned:

    ““What have I earned for all that work,” I said,
    “For all that I have done at my own charge?
    The daily spite of this unmannerly town,
    Where who has served the most is most defamed,
    The reputation of his lifetime lost
    Between the night and morning....””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,
    Onward through life he goes;
    Each morning sees some task begin,
    Each evening sees its close;
    Something attempted, something done,
    Has earned a night’s repose.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    “It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)