Black Quote by Jerry Rice

My grandparents taught me about hard work, about fear of failure.

— Dwane Casey

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

— Matthew Gray Gubler

My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.

— Richard M. DeVos

My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into…

— Gary Shteyngart

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.

— Wayne Messam

My family had seen that I was not putting enough heart and soul into studies. I started failing too, but they were sure that…

— Jitendra Kumar

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

My parents had a great work ethic.

— Charlie Rose

Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the…

— Ruth Simmons

I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.

— Kangna Ranaut

As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because my parents…

— Kelly Price