Life responds to deserve and not to need.
I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.
I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.
I did 21 years of hard labor in the NBA, invested my money right, so I'm set. I earned the right to relax and enjoy, you know?
Nothing has ever been given to me.
I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you've been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn't just get it. You took it.
Nobody ever gave me anything. Everything I got I had to work for.
Bryan [Cranston] created something completely unique, that was earned by its authenticity. That's what gave us the license to push it a bit.
The Undertaker stood up for what was right. He earned everything he got.
When you come in as the second overall pick, the last thing you want is for guys to think you believe you've made it. Because that's the farthest thing from the truth.
Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned.
Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
I finally realize that I have earned my happiness and what little success I have. And I'm not guilty about it any more. It just happened one day. It just came out.
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
David Cassidy is my father, yes... But for me, it was always really important with acting to stay in class, study it, and earn it on my own. My dad didn't help me.
Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it is a right, a right that one can merit because of one's sweat.
If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking from us our greatest prize - the job of accomplishment
No one can take away what I've done in this game. Everything I've done, I've earned it so far.
I see myself as real. Like I mean if I was the President I would have a responsibility, because people put me there. Nobody put me here. They just buy my records. They wouldn't buy my records if my records wasn't good. I'm being who i am in the record.
Any time someone achieves success before they've earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.
It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed to you on a plate.
