Thomas Carlyle Quotes

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

Liberty: Give to every man the fruit of his own labor -- the labor of his hands and of his brain.

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

He who does not work shall not eat

Some are "industrious," and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to suchI have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now enjoy, I might advise to work twice as hard as they do,--work till they pay for themselves, and get their free papers.

I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.

All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

I don't like the subtle infiltration of 'something for nothing' philosophies into the very hearthstone of the American family. I believe that 'Thou shalt earn the bread by the sweat of thy face' was a benediction and not a penalty. Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.

Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams.

When I first came out, I was a film student, and my mom sewed clothes. I was already doing a million things then, whatever it took to survive. If I had to braid someone's hair to get one pound for my lunch money, that's what I did.

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

I'm not a trust-fund child. I think my father's got a healthy work ethic, and therefore, I think it just came with the part. You've got to look after yourself.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.