Decent Job

“As for the decent job. Any job a man can do to make his way in this world is a decent job as long as he works hard at it and does his best. God didn’t put sweat into man’s body for no reason. He put it there so that he could work hard, cleanse himself and feel proud. Don‘t you ever forget that. Hardworking folks only smell bad to some folks who don‘t have anything else to do, but to put their noses in the air.”

Charles Ingalls in The Richest Man in Walnut Grove