Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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

Since I don't come from a privileged background, I couldn't afford to be irresponsible with career decisions. I wrote two books alongside my job and resigned only when I realised I can make a living.

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 work hard and support myself.

I never had the college experience, so I have raised my girls to be more work-oriented and motivated to be financially independent.

From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher's. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself.

My dad would much rather work a couple jobs than be on government assistance.

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

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

I started working myself from about 14, really, so I wasn't a burden on my family. I did a paper round and a milk round. When I was 15 or 16, I worked in a supermarket on Saturdays stacking shelves, and then every summer I temped, right through university until my working days started.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

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.

I'm working class. Not because my family have always been skint or because I'm from the grim north, but because I am from a class of people who believe in work. In paying their way.

Last year in the United States alone over $98 billion was distributed in unearned government transfer payments and other aid to millions of men and women who most often did nothing for what they received. This character-weakening government dole is repeated in almost every nation of the world. We encourage Latter-day Saints everywhere to remain free of government assistance. Work for what you receive.

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.

I don't want to work to make money. I want to work to work.

I've always worked - I can't stay at home and do Cokes and teas, although I think that for those people who want to do that, then that's surely important to them.

The kids of America, please get a damn job. Get out of the house, leave the refrigerator alone. Stop wearing my shoes. Leave my shirts alone, get a job. Spend your own money.

Don't argue that you can't find a job that pays enough to support yourself. You can. You just can't find a job that will support you in the style to which you have been accustomed.

I'm just trying to get paid; I'm going to be straight up.

If you want to live a fulfilling life, then you have to do something that motivates you and also earns you a living.

Sometimes well-intentioned programs can lead to dependency and cause us to forget we have what it takes to attain the American dream.

I'm a very goal-oriented person, and work is really rewarding. It's how I take care of my family, and ultimately, I'm never going to let that responsibility fall to anybody but myself.