Work Ethic Quotes - Page 6

• What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

  Marlo Thomas

  Ethics, Grew Up, Theater

  "Marlo Thomas on her dad and why everyone needs to be free". Interview with Mark Kennedy, www.businessinsider.com. October 9, 2015.

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• My attitude towards money is because of my mum and dad. My parents have always worked full time and I've always had that work ethic in me.

  Amy Childs

  Attitude, Dad, Parent

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.

  Simon Cowell

  Artist, Differences, Ethics

  Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 20, 2011.

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• The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us to endure struggle or boredom now in return for future rewards. The Eastern idea of practice, on the other hand, is to create the person, or rather to actualize or reveal the complete person who is already there.... Not only is practice necessary to art, it is art.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Art, Struggle, Hands

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• We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimately want them to succeed and, until they do, we feel in some way that something is not complete.

  Kevin Costner

  Crazy, Kids, Thinking

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• It is a perverse faith, in that it reveres the "environment" ahead of people who live in it. It is a most ascetic superstition, in that it demands we live less happily and less freely and with less prosperity - the opposite of, say, the Protestant work ethic that helped build Ontario.

  Ezra Levant

  Opposites, People, Ontario

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• 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.

  Richelle Mead

  Hero, Rose, Insane

  Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead (2011). “Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide”, p.198, Penguin

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• My father wanted to instill the work ethic. And, because he knew if you don't learn to work to be more productive to improve your efficiency, to cooperate with other people at an early age, you may never learn those habits.

  Charles Koch

  Father, People, Age

  Source: freebeacon.com

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• Her phone rang again. “What?” she snapped as she answered it. Myrnin, of course. “Are you on your way?” “No!” “Claire, there are things to do.” “Here, too,” she said. “And I’m staying here, believe me.” Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, “Bob would be very disappointed in you.” “Bob the spider?” “He looks at you like a mother, you know. I’m surprised at your lack of work ethic. Think of the example you set for—” She hung up on him and turned the phone on vibrate and relaxed in Shane’s arms.

  Rachel Caine

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

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• Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Athlete, Player

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• To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal.

  Dianne Holum

  Success, Sports, Dream

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

  Amy Adams

  Fashion, Shoes, Likes

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• I think I have a really good work ethic.

  Ashlyn Harris

  Thinking, Ethics, Good Work

  "Q&A with Ashlyn Harris, Washington Freedom's Newest Goalkeeper". Interview with Kat Galsim, bleacherreport.com. June 9, 2010.

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• I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

  Marcus Giles

  Want, Way, Ethics

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• My twenties were carefree in the worst ways. There's a nice balance now of work ethic and healthy lifestyle and carefree attitude, which is pretty nice. You get to a point where you don't care so much what people think of you and you care more about yourself.

  Norman Reedus

  Attitude, Nice, Thinking

  Source: www.gq.com

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• The best thing about where comedy is now is if you have a little bit of talent and a strong work ethic, and strong social skills, you can make a name for yourself and you can make money.

  Donnell Rawlings

  Strong, Skills, Names

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• The process is really what you have to do day in and day out to be successful, we try to define the standard that we want everybody to sort of work toward, adhere to, and do it on a consistent basis. And the things that I talked about before, being responsible for your own self-determination, having a positive attitude, having great work ethic, having discipline to be able to execute on a consistent basis, whatever it is you're trying to do, those are the things that we try to focus on, and we don't try to focus as much on the outcomes as we do on being all that you can be.

  Nick Saban

  Determination, Attitude, Successful

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• 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.

  Chris Rock

  Believe, Winning, Levels

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• Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be thrown into it, where you're going to sink or swim. It's amazing how self-correcting and how clarifying a good, hard, shitty job can be. Because at the end of the day, any profession I've seen anybody in, when you peer behind the curtains of Oh, wouldn't that be a great job? Wow, what an amazing thing, a philanthropic endeavor! it really just comes down to It's a f**king grind.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Strong, Kings, Jobs

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• I would say that Catholics came in and competed with the Protestant work ethic. That is one thing. And they did assimilate into the broader society and a lot of them, especially Irish Catholic did their best to sound like they were English rather than Irish by dropping and the O and the apostrophe.

  Steve King

  Catholic, Sound, Ethics

  "All In with Chris Hayes", www.msnbc.com. December 9, 2015.

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• I definitely think it [the key to maintain success] is a number of things. It's having the right people behind you. It's having the right work ethic. It's having the right mind-set. And it's also a little bit of luck.

  Jordin Sparks

  Thinking, Numbers, Keys

  Source: collider.com

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• First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.

  Charles Koch

  Father, Integrity, Humility

  Source: freebeacon.com

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• 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.

  Bill Burr

  Dad, Thinking, Guy

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• Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

  Nick Saban

  Strong, Opportunity, Way

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• I credit my parents for instilling in me a good work ethic and the sensibility that God serves those best who serve themselves.

  Ken Osmond

  Parent, Credit, Ethics

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