Quotes and Sayings About Work Ethic
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I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.
-- Alison BrieSource : "Alison Brie Has Still Got It" by Matt Ufford, uproxx.com. August 02, 2010.
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My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.
-- Amanda HoldenSource : "Amanda Holden: 'I'm not the slapper the press portrayed me as'". Interview With Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.
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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.
-- Amy Adams -
I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.
-- Amy Adams -
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.
-- Andrew Carnegie -
Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.
-- Antoine Fuqua -
A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
-- Barack Obama -
Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.
-- Barbara Kingsolver -
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Generally, I am just myself, a crazy John Belushi type. But I'm not comparing myself to him. I think I am against stereotype. Generally Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.
-- Bobby LeeSource : "Bobby Lee On Comedy, Survival And Being ‘A Big, Sweaty Ball Of Flesh’". Interview With Greg Archer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2013.
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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.
-- Candace BushnellSource : FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Dec 06, 2013
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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.
-- Carl Reiner -
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with the way human beings come to live satisfying lives.
-- Charles A. Murray -
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In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
-- Damian Lewis -
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.
-- Daniel Radcliffe -
So is work ethic. You do things over and over again, and when you get in a situation you like to think it comes natural. I think there has to be a mind-set that you’re not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fail. I’ve done it quite a bit. The calmer you are, the more the game slows down for you, and I think part of that is controlling your emotions.
-- Derek Jeter -
Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.
-- Donny Osmond -
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Training for me is a metaphor for life, period. The dedication, the determination, the desire, the work ethic, the great successes and the great failures - I take that into life.
-- Dwayne Johnson -
So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.
-- Emma StoneSource : Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books
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At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.
-- Erin CummingsSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.
-- Eva LaRue -
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All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!
-- Eva LaRue -
I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.
-- George HamiltonSource : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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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.
-- George J. Mitchell -
We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.
-- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -
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Money doesn’t know about clocks, schedules or holidays and you shouldn’t either.  Money loves people that have great work ethic.
-- Grant Cardone -
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.
-- Harsha Bhogle -
The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.
-- Henry Ford II -
Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America.
-- James G. WattSource : U.S. News and World Report, November 11, 1985.
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They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career.
-- Jami Gertz -
I hope the story of 2011 is that America gets its mojo back. You've got to remember that America has the best universities; it's got some of the best businesses. It's got an unbelievable work ethic, rule of law. The story of 2011 will be America blossoming again.
-- Jamie Dimon