Marie Osmond Quotes

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

My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'

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

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

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.

The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.

When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.'

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.

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

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.

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

I have a strong work ethic.

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.

I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.

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

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

My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.

I don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't rest doing none of these things because when you rest, you get comfortable.

I want my kids to understand that hard work is essential and that I wouldn't have them do anything that I wouldn't do with them.

I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard.

I grew up in a family where the thing that was valued most was being a hard worker, and if you commit to something, you follow through.

In our family business, the Edelman children must earn their way - there were and will be no promises without performance and leadership. That may lead to some skinned knees, but it is certainly the best way to learn life lessons.

If it's one thing my parents did right, it was teaching me to have a good work ethic, and I plan on doing the same with my kids!