Evelyn Ashford Quotes

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I have worked for everything. I am self-made and proud of it.

I want to earn it, I don't want anything given to me.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

My game is hard work and pride. On the all hard-work team, I'd pick myself five times.

I earn everything that I get.

I've earned everything I have; that's the attitude.

It's very nice to meet people who just get on, work hard, and don't have things handed to them.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you've been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn't just get it. You took it.

The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

Work alone is noble.

I know how to work. Not everything was given to me.

I never want anyone to think I've been given a helping hand. I've always worked for everything, whether it be on the football field or away from it.

I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

The most important thing, in anything you do, is always trying your hardest, because even if you try your hardest and it's not as good as you'd hoped, you still have that sense of not letting yourself down.

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

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 couldn't buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: 'I couldn't buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.'