"Though it may wander, the world must follow the plough; farming, though toilsome, is the best of occupations."
Thiruvalluvar
9 FAMOUS QUOTES · FARMERS
Read 9 famous farmers quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Though it may wander, the world must follow the plough; farming, though toilsome, is the best of occupations."
Thiruvalluvar
"They alone truly live who live by tilling the ground; all others follow in their train and eat what they give."
Thiruvalluvar
"The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer."Will Rogers
"If the farmer's hands are slack, even those who have renounced all desires will not survive."
Thiruvalluvar
"The ploughmen are the linchpin of the world, for they support all others who cannot till."
Thiruvalluvar
"India lives in her villages."Mahatma Gandhi
"Those who live by the labour of their own hands never beg; they give to those who beg, holding nothing back."
Thiruvalluvar
"He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones."Rabindranath Tagore
“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
Chinese Proverb