I always strive to set an example for my kids to work hard and develop a strong sense of work ethic.
I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.
If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.
We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.
There are a lot more famous fathers out there than me with daughters who wouldn't mind singing careers... but the talent and the work ethic have to be on point. Kayla's blessed to have all that.
All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!
The summum bonum of this [Puritan] ethic is the earning of more and more money combined with the strict avoidance of all enjoyment.
The guys that have that drive, that work ethic, make it farther and farther.
The pen isn’t really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon.
I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.
I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.
I think basketball IQ, work ethic, competitiveness are probably the most important things in a basketball player.
Money doesn’t know about clocks, schedules or holidays and you shouldn’t either. Money loves people that have great work ethic.
The goal of maximizing the welfare of all may be better achieved by an ethic that accepts our inclinations and harnesses them so that, taken as a whole, the system works to everyone's advantage.
I know my work ethic and know what I've put in to get where I'm at.
The irony is that in our decades, the combination of rationalism, asceticism, and individualism (the so-called Protestant Ethic) has produced precisely the system of boondoggling, luxury-consumption, and status.
LeBron James, I just love watching him play. I love his work ethic and all the things he stands for.
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.
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.
From my coaches we've learned that you need to have a different work ethic to be different.
Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.
Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls.
It's easy to work with someone who shares your same work ethic, who likes to create like you do.
Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic.
The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn't change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.
Baltimore has the hardest work ethic out of all cities. It makes you want to work harder.
I'm kind of the long-hauler type of person. I also have a strong work ethic and gratitude for people that I work with.
Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve.
My dad is really the reason I have this hard work ethic. I can fully remember him leaving home at 5 o'clock in the morning and not coming back until midnight.
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'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 absolutely looking at my career differently, but it's still really important to some sense of connection to where I came from, which is this DIY, queer work ethic and sensibility.
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 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.
If you're going to preach dedication, work ethic, teamwork, unselfishness, and being part of a team to accomplish a common goal, you have to live it - you can't just talk about it.
I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
I want my kids to have a good work ethic. I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can detect oppression and inequality even where the apparent victims see nothing wrong.
The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.
My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.
My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your work ethic and produce great music.
There's a strong working-class work ethic in my family, which makes us strong.
I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done.
My dad was a taxi driver - he's a long distance lorry driver now - and he has an amazing work ethic.
My mother was a tremendous influence - and still is - on my brothers and me in terms of the work ethic and values and making sure that we never forget where we've come from and are grateful for what we've got.
We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global responsibility.
There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind of random revenge that comes with outraging the public decency.
One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to bowl.
Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."
My work ethic is don't stop until you reach the top pretty much and I put in dedication every single day of my life, I'm glad it's paying off.
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.
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.
You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.
Sometimes you're not blessed with the materialistic stuff but you're blessed with a work ethic.
My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.
This organization has been nothing but first class to me, believing in my talent and my skills since I got here. And I'm just here to pay them back with my work ethic.
Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.
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