Top 170 Work Ethic Quotes

I’ve convinced myself I’m something special. When you do that, man, you’re dangerous, especially when you have the athleticism and work ethic to back it up.

Coming from a home like I did, I learned a lot about work ethic and determination.

I don’t have any ego about it, but I find there’s not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you’re dead.

When you match my body size with my talent and my work ethic and my IQ as a boxer inside that ring, I really have it all, and I’m flexible enough to really jump up to any weight – ’40, ’47 or ’54, for the right opponent.

If you look at Mormonism, it’s a very appealing community. It takes care of itself; there are active charities. It’s got a successful work ethic. Whatever you might think about the authenticity of their theology or their history, it’s immaterial in terms of how the religion itself actually functions.

LeBron James, I just love watching him play. I love his work ethic and all the things he stands for.

I have no problem with Gerrit. We had a rocky relationship in college, because he told me that I had no future in baseball and he insulted my work ethic as a freshman. I don’t take kindly to those couple things, so we had our issues. And I have, I don’t know, those feelings have long since faded.

Southern people are raised with a work ethic. My son is 5 years old and does chores. My mom was a dance teacher, and the training and discipline it takes to be a dancer I’ve carried with me in Hollywood.

My mum used to take me and my younger sister to work with her. She said: ‘You don’t want to be a cleaner like me.’ We worked as cleaners before we went to uni to save up money so we always had a strong work ethic.

The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it’s an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas – that is the romantic vision of the painter.

I think there is so many elements of the culture of basketball that Jordan leads in and has been a leader over the years – from Michael’s on court legacy to his work ethic, competitiveness, passion, and leadership.

I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.

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

I’ve been blessed with a lot of great things in my life, and one of them was work ethic. And with work ethic, you can make anything happen.

I dress in my ‘uniform,’ or my own dress code, which reflects my personal method and work ethic. My belief is that my plain T-shirt – I have about 40 of them – or blue sweater helps focus others’ attention on me and on what I say.

No, we don’t control who our parents are. We don’t control what color we are. We don’t control what home we are born into. But we control our attitude. We control our work ethic. We control our drive and our commitment.

I’ve viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.

Ray Lewis, I’ve grown up watching Ray Lewis. Just watching his intensity, his passion for the game, his love for the game, his work ethic. Everything in a linebacker that you want to be is in Ray Lewis, from leadership qualities, all that.

Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendous work ethic. We are still friends, and I reach out to him and his partner to pitch ideas. He loves my mother. In fact, my mother was his son Jaden’s acting coach for the movie ‘Pursuit of Happiness.’

The Laker brand and name itself is fantastic. When you have a guy like Kobe Bryant in that brand also, it takes it out of this world. I think the fact that everybody sees the work ethic this guy has makes them work harder.

Bottom line is, work ethic equals dreams, and I am walking proof that that’s a fact.

America’s work ethic is non-stop; it’s not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of.

I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that’s different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

If you’re a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you’re looking for.

I don’t think I’ve met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

James Jones being a player, a champion, one thing that you knew about him that was really good was his work ethic.

I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He’s not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he’s also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.

I studied to be a journalist, but I don’t think I would have made a very good one. I don’t have the work ethic.

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that’s because they have a healthy work ethic.

I think me making the Select Team was huge. It was the chance for me to be around those guys and see their work ethic and how they prepare. I think that’s what I took the most away from it.

I have the following, I have the talent and I have the work ethic. I just want to be great and I feel like everyone is trying to control me.

In Europe they are all kind of hard. They yell a lot, but they are trying to be honest and try to teach you how to get a work ethic and how to play the right way.

The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It’s greatness. He told me, ‘We’re not just rappers, we’re artists.’

Every day at Team Alpha Male, I’m improving. The biggest thing with that camp is everyone is so positive and has the work ethic to go out there and push the pace and keep going and going and going.

You can have a strong work ethic. Yes, that’s going to take you far. But I think if you have a solid work ethic and a passion, that’s different.

My father has been an inspiration – he instilled his work ethic without ever having to hammer it home. He was also very encouraging.

My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who’s logged more hours than that guy.

I hope that my work ethic has been a model for those who do not believe in themselves or have lingering doubts about their own abilities.

The guys that have that drive, that work ethic, make it farther and farther.

You don’t have to do everything by the time you’re 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It’s what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

I don’t think it’s especially praiseworthy that even in those periods when things around us were kind of dire, we were working on the music. There isn’t an alternative; that kind of work ethic is all that there is.

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It gave me a work ethic of writing every day and pushing through difficult creative times. I mean, there’s no writer’s block allowed in a newsroom.

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

So many people are going to always remember what you do and how you make them feel instead of you telling them this and telling them that. That’s why I like to go out and show the work ethic and how I am as a teammate. That’s how you become great.

We’re like on a rollercoaster and I don’t like that because a sign of a good team is consistency, and consistency is a work ethic and it’s about producing that standard, and if you can produce that standard week in, week out, whether you win or lose, that’s a different thing.

I think the ability to hit – some guys have it and some guys don’t – but I think how dedicated you are to trying to get the most out of yourself, I think kind of determines how good you are and for how long. I was born with the ability to hit, but my work ethic has taken it to the next level.

Every day, I’m working hard to improve my craft as an artist, my connection with the best fans, and keep pushing my work ethic. All those things make me happy.

I go to class every day with the future Facebook and Twitter and Google employees, the future innovators and entrepreneurs who might have the next big thing. Knowing that and seeing their success and work ethic makes you want to be successful. It impresses me every day. It humbles me, too.

I think it’s important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I’ve always been used to working because I’ve been working since I was four.