My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didnt want to let them down. – Jerry Rice
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. – Alexandre Dumas
The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry. – Ralph Chaplin