Anouska Hempel Quotes

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

Someone will say, 'Well, that's good enough.' As soon as I hear 'Good enough,' it really bothers me. I spend as much time as I think I can on anything I do. I try to do that with the people that work with me. I try to get the best out of them.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

Whatever I do, I have to put 100 percent of my focus into it because I don't like to do a bad job.

If you're not going to do it to the best of your ability, then don't do it at all.

And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.

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.'

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

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

Always do your best.

Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.

I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.

The fear of letting people down - that's the drive. Sir Alex, I think, if he was brave enough to say it, he would say the same, but in his eyes, the motivating factor is that you want to be the best.

All I can say is that I will always try my best to work on the expectations that people have from me.

When you are entrusted with an assignment, you do your best.

Anything you do in your life, you have to be a professional.

Do good work.

I work really hard. I'm a perfectionist.

Work ethic is probably my No. 1 value and No. 1 attribute.

I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.