James Cash Penney Quotes

Work hard and never make excuses.

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

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.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.

I was blessed by my parents and my antecedents by a very strong work ethic. I mean, being a Member of Parliament is 24/7, just as much as when you're actually doing a play. It's not quite 24/7, but it's the work that counts.

I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

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 father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

It's about working when nobody's watching.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.

My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.

My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.