Pat Nixon Quotes

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.

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.

When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.

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 have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

I have to work hard. I'm not naturally great at anything. I have to work really, really hard.

My father worked very hard and he never missed a day of work, no matter how sick he was.

I grew up working hard to earn everything I had.

Hard work is just something that my parents, when I was young, they made sure that we knew what hard work was and that it was okay to work hard and okay to sweat.

Always be prepared; always work hard and take pride in your work no matter what it is. I still follow that advice and have already tried to pass it on to my children. They, of course, ignored me.

My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately.

My parents had a great work ethic.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I've taken that with me to every job.

My parents taught me that work ethic is one of the most important keys in life, and I believe it.

I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.

I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My dad was a no-nonsense guy. As a kid, I hated his rules, but as a man, I understand what he was teaching. He taught me you have to work hard for everything you get.

My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

Our father always made us work. I think that's the greatest thing a parent could ever do.