Imelda Staunton Quotes

My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

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.

I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.

I was born on the west side of Chicago, and there was quite a bit of poverty. My family and I didn't have exactly the best or the most optimal financial situation in my youth, but we turned out well. My mom always made sure that we got a proper education and that we dedicated ourselves to our work.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.

I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.

I think my mom and dad have an incredible work ethic, and we've grown up around it.

My dad was an insane workaholic, and watching his work ethic gave me a lot of motivation.

My mother and father have always drilled in to me that work is very important.

I don't know what it's like to not work; my family embedded that in me.

I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was.

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the people whom I grew up with all did things they really loved. And I think that's an important lesson.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic.

My parents had a great work ethic.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.