Grant Shapps Quotes

If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up.

This country is based on a simple bargain, and that bargain is if you work hard, you get to get ahead.

We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

It is the American way to reward ability.

We need to be united, and we all need to understand that we're all capable of achieving the American dream. And, but that has to be something that is self-realized. And also, to demonize someone for achieving the American dream is unfair.

The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

Our country was built upon the idea that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can achieve the 'American dream' and create a better future for your children.

If there is a national, secular religion in the United States, it is the belief that America is the Land of Opportunity, that we are a meritocracy, that any kid, no matter who they are, or where they come from, can work hard and move up in the world: that their effort matters.

As long as you work hard, the manager will see it, and he'll give you an opportunity.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.

America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.'

I don't think there is anything owed to us. You've got to go out and work hard for every round win.

Canada was built around a very simple premise. A promise that you can work hard and succeed and build a future for yourselves and your kids, and that future for your kids would be better than the one you had.

Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

If you're not willing to work, you're never going to be able to experience the American Dream.

Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.