J. C. Watts Quotes

My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor and friend. They taught me the basic principle that guides most all that I do: faith, focus, finish.

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

Show me a highly successful person in any field that has gotten there having a weak ego. You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in what you're doing.

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

Have respect, hard work, faith and dedication, all these things. No matter what environment you're in, they should keep you strong. Knowing this, I surround myself with people who have similar beliefs. People who don't let me forget who I am or where I come from.

My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.

Education, hard work, dedication, a support system, and knowing my life had value - these were what had made all the difference.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community, as well as faith, and certainly working hard.

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

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

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business.

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.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.