Epictetus Quotes

Work alone is noble.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence.

The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.

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

We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.

If you are not leaning, no one will ever let you down.

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

I work hard and support myself.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

I am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.

I earn everything that I get.