Entitlement Quotes

Entitlement Quote of the day

Stupidity is what we all have in common as human beings, but some people insist that improving it is their entitlement.

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.

We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.

I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made very clear to me that things wouldn't just be given to me.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.

Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you're a victim. You are not.

Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.

Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships.

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

Entitlement and privelege corrupt.

Thankfulness eradicates entitlement.

Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.

Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.

I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.

So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do for your church.

There is an entitlement that is starting to emerge that I think is unhealthy for people and unhealthy for a country. ... I think the only thing that can be 'below you' is to not have a job.

Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is that I have that naïve sense of entitlement.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

Some male gamers with a deep sense of entitlement are terrified of change.

Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

Teach your children gratefulness. Do all you can to deliver them from our culture's poisonous entitlement mentality.

Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.

The entitlement mentality so carefully cultivated by liberal academics, politicians, clergymen, and journalists continues to corrode the self-sufficiency that once defined the American character.

By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

We have put in so much entitlement into our government that we really have spoiled our citizenryand said, you don't want the jobs that are available.

Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

I was surrounded by too many people who felt that they had a strong sense of entitlement. That I owed them something.

Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you.

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him.

Never, never, never let yourself feel that anybody ought to do anything for you. Once you become a duty you also become a nuisance.

When you talk about entitlement programs, it's not just about - it's not about cutting those programs. It is about saving those programs. Those programs are on a path of fiscal unsustainability.

What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.

I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour [in my children]: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them.

With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

People who are given whatever they want soon develop a sense of entitlement and rapidly lose their sense of proportion.

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.

Entitlement? How can you be entitled to someone else's money?