Earn It Quotes

“Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go EARN it! Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“Is life happening to you, or are you happening to life?”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Life begins when you start something, and blooms when you keep doing it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Luxury is best experienced not when it's inherited but when it's earned.”
― Mohith Agadi

“I remembered the taste of good Italian coffee in my London flat, brewed at the expense of time and a good deal of mess, compared to the sort that came out of machines in the office at the press of a button. I remembered walking to art school, through the windy winter, over hills and heaths: how much gladder I was to reach the rich warmth and to toast my hands on a radiator, than if I had gone by car. I remembered the nickels my father gave me as a child for being good: how much more I valued them than I would a dollar bill given all at once for no reason. Of course God as the ultimate parent could give happiness for the asking, just as my father could have given a handful of dollar bills, but at the age of five would I have known its value, or would it have looked to me just like a wad of grubby green paper?”
― Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

“Whatever comes to you in a cheap way will vanish in a cheap way. Be patient and earn it the hard way.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“You cannot be upset about results you don't have from work you didn't do.”
― Orrin Woodward

“Rewards are meaningless if they’re not deserved.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Powerful leaders do not demand respect from their followers. They earn it!”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“If you were not born with a silver spoon, take any spoon, and coat it with silver.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Earn it!”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“Do you earn your rewards or demand them?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide