Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

The Hoosier way is quite simple - we work hard, and we live within our means.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

I think what you inherit is not real. I haven't inherited anything. What I have is really mine because I made it myself.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

With AC/DC, if you've got a problem, you sort it out yourself.

My siblings and I had to earn our own pocket money so from the age of about 10 I had a job. I did a paper round, helped with the farmer's delivery at the weekend, cut hedges for neighbours and worked on a market stall. Then I'd go and buy a record with my hard-won money.

There's something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood.

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!

Everything we got was never given to us.

I grew up working hard to earn everything I had.

I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do.

You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.

Nothing's given in the Rock family.

Yes, I worked hard to put together an experimental show on a budget of zero. But I was not being exploited by anyone. I was in charge.

I always kept busy. If the music business got bad I'd get me a job doin' somethin' else. Bellhop. Porter. Anything to make an honest living.

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

I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.

Nothing has ever been given to me.

I taught my girls to pick up their own suitcases. Pretty is as pretty does.

Growing up, we had to work. If you wanted anything at all that was more than basic food and shelter, you had to make your own money.

I'd like to think my brand shares some of those characteristics we like to think of as classically American - a certain straightforwardness, honesty, a sense of humor, inclusiveness, practicality - all those great Yankee traits. And I don't mean the baseball team.

I learned a lot from other people, and was inspired by what they did, but I didn't copy anyone. I put many different blocks together to become what I am. I don't know if that would have happened if everything was handed to me on a plate.

So much of myself is consumed with earning my way, doing it myself, and never feeling like things are being handed to you. Growing up that way was humbling.

Most of us have heard the saying, 'Cleanliness is next to godliness.' That's a sentiment I value, but another virtue has inspired me to revise that saying. As far as I'm concerned, what's next to godliness is resourcefulness.

No one has ever given me anything. No one gave me a tour card, no one gave me a US tour card, no one gave me a nice house and a Ferrari: I've had to work for every penny I have earned and I'm proud of that.