Vladimir Lenin 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.

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.

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

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

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

Around here, no one deserves anything. You have to earn it.

None but those who work are entitled to eat.

He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that.

I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.

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.

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.

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.

My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.

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

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

It is against the eternal nature of things that the lazy man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the man of economy, the foolish and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

He who is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer

I'm not the kind of guy who wants to basically collect money and do nothing.

Americans want to work. We want to take care of our families. It's in our DNA, the American work ethic.

When it's all about the work, it's clear who in the company is pulling their weight and who isn't.

I learned you work for what you get, and I feel sorry for people who haven't had that upbringing.

Only your work is your hands, and I focus on that.