Work Ethic Quotes

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said 'You know what, I'm going to win it this year. I feel that way now.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.

It's just one day at a time. I love multi-tasking and I'm really organized and when you have a certain work ethic, which all the girls have, we all have that same thing going on.

The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.

My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.

I've always been very hopeful but I also know that as long as you've got a good work ethic, almost anything is achievable and I learned that in the armed forces.

I'm one of those people who does a lot of things. I'm lucky. I get up and I have a lot of energy. I have a great work ethic.

I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.

TALENT and WORK ETHIC, the most important and RARE combination.

Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

All of the artists that I've worked with have an incredible work ethic. And Madonna has the best work ethic of them all. I've learned a lot from being around her.

Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement.

My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate when I'm in America.

I looked at people like Lil Wayne. I would go to the studio and I would observe Wayne, and I would literally pray. I would say 'God, give me his work ethic'.

Money doesn’t know about clocks, schedules or holidays and you shouldn’t either. Money loves people that have great work ethic.

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes.

My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.

I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.

Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.

No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic.

My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that.

I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.

What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.

Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.

My mother's work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend were better lessons than could be found in all the text books in the world.

Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win.

American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.

Ive been blessed with a lot of great things in my life, and one of them was work ethic. And with work ethic, you can make anything happen.

I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.

Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that, finally, he did no work at all.

No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.

The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them.

It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

Rose, I'm an addict with no work ethic who is likely going to go insane. I'm not like you. I'm not a super-hero." "Not yet," I said.