“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.”

“Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.”

“Just know that it’s fear that keeps most people working at a job. The fear of not paying their bills. The fear of being fired. The fear of not having enough money. the fear of starting over.That’s the price of studying to learn a profession or trade, and then working for money. Most people become a slave to money… and then get angry at their boss.”

“There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.”

“If you just worked hard enough. If you just learned enough. Ran fast enough. Everything would turn out right, and your life would amount to something.”

“You bruised my ego, you see, and there’s just not enough money in the world to soothe my ego when it gets bruised”