LaChanze Quotes

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 spent my whole life working hard.

Women don't take care of themselves because they take care of everybody else.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.

I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

The trouble is that as women we try to take care of everybody else before we take care of ourselves.

When you are working really hard and you're really focused on your career, a lot of other things suffer.

You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

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 have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

It's important to put all I have into my career.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

I was the second oldest of seven children, and chores were a way of life for us. If your task wasn't completed, you were called right back to finish it.

I've been working hard my whole life.

I'm married to my kids and my career.

I got told I wasn't allowed to go on loan, which was a good thing but, at the same time, I just wanted to play matches. So do I annoy the manager and try to push for a loan or was I just to keep working hard and trust him?

I want to work and continue to work - that's all I've ever done.

I've got my head down, working hard, while others are chasing other frivolous things.

I neglected a lot of loving relationships to pursue this ultimate goal - success.

I think that you find out what your boss wants you to do, and you do more. To me, that's work ethic. Because, if you demonstrate that your capabilities extend past your current job, they'll probably give you a better job.

You have to work your way up - that's how I was brought up and what I believe in: working hard.

But I am not the sort of person who would go and seek work. I believe that if I do my job well work will come to me.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.