Apollo Hesiod

“the well-off should not indulge self-justifying fantasies of the “happy” poor. There is always a misery and wretchedness (15: 15) around poverty that all who love God will want to remove (Psalm 41: 1).”
― Timothy J. Keller, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs

“Too idle to work, too proud to beg, the mercenaries were accustomed to a life of rapine: they could rob with more dignity and effect under a banner and a chief; and the sovereign, to whom their service was useless, and their presence importunate, endeavored to discharge the torrent on some neighboring countries.”
― Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6

“Master your fears before they master you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“We take far more credit for our prosperity than we should. When we flatter ourselves that our assets are the result of our work, it leads us to believe any lack of such assets must be the result of laziness.”
― Timothy J. Keller, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs