I had the working class ethic. I wanted to make a living and there weren't many opportunities for an opera singer in Yorkshire, so I went onto the club circuit.
I credit my parents for instilling in me a good work ethic and the sensibility that God serves those best who serve themselves.
The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'
You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.
I have a terrible work ethic. The best way for me to do anything in life is for someone to say, 'You need to do this by this time, or you're in trouble'.
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.
I think leadership is more than being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.
English country life is more like Chekhov than The Archers or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.
Even if I was running an idli shop for a living, I know that my idlis will taste good because that's how highly I rate my work ethic.
I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.
If you've worked in Australia, you can't get away with bad behaviour like showing up late. We take our work ethic very seriously.
I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.
Hillary Clinton possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. I am proud that she will be our next secretary of state.
I think the work ethic will take me wherever I want to go in life. It's my mindset that determines how, when, and if I'll get there.
Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
Virat is in your face, he wants to dominate and has a work ethic like no one else. Whether it comes to discipline, training, sacrifice or self-denial, it is unbelievable.
I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.
I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.
Work ethic = dreams! That to me is that no one gets a free ride. You have to work for it and it doesn't get handed to you.
John Cena's work ethic is beyond reproach. It's been phenomenal to see what he does and he's made himself a brand.
I have the following, I have the talent and I have the work ethic. I just want to be great and I feel like everyone is trying to control me.
I hope that my work ethic has been a model for those who do not believe in themselves or have lingering doubts about their own abilities.
In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.
My father has been an inspiration - he instilled his work ethic without ever having to hammer it home. He was also very encouraging.
James Jones being a player, a champion, one thing that you knew about him that was really good was his work ethic.
If it's one thing my parents did right, it was teaching me to have a good work ethic, and I plan on doing the same with my kids!
I don't want to get lost in everything. I just want to keep the same work ethic.
I could have played in the NBA. I would have put up 1,000 jump shots a day. I've got that type of work ethic.
It's not enough to just have talent at Atletico Madrid. At other clubs it is, but we can't sign superstars and have to look for players with a good work ethic.
I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.
When I was 20 years old, if you had a $100 bill and a good idea and a strong work ethic, you could start a company.
I was appalled that the San Francisco ethic didn't mushroom and envelope the whole world into this loving community of acid freaks. I was very naive.
My relationship with fans is based off the love of my work and my work ethic.
My tunnel vision work ethic is very hard to come by, I believe. I have had an unwavering faith in myself and my career for as long as I can remember.
Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don't have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you've got ideas, you can do this.
...truth-telling may be an ethic, adopted by photojournalists as a behavior, but experience shows us that it is not embedded in the medium like silver salts in film.
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.
So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
'All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!
I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.
Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.
In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint.
I'm not exceptionally fast or overly powerful. But I have a good work ethic, and I make up for it by using technique and trying to be smarter.
Puritanism carried the ethos of the rational organization of capital and labor. It took over from the Jewish ethic only what was adapted to this purpose.
From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.
I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.
Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal.
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.
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.
There are not a lot of things that Andrew Luck can't do, but the thing I like about him is his work ethic. He's a workaholic, and that's what impresses me the most.
The biggest thing I take away from the Army is that work ethic and being able to focus and put your eyes on a goal.
Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach.
Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.
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.
I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard.
The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this, I was like, 'OK, that's me.'
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.
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