Quotes About Dedication

The bravest are usually those whom we do not know or hear about, those anonymous men who dig the trenches, who produce the food. They are the corpus—you understand that word—the body and also the soul of a nation. Eustaquio, my words are just words, but all through history—and you have studied it—it has always been the most faceless men, those foot soldiers, who have suffered most, who have died. It is they who make a nation.

On one thing all who knew him were agreed: the secret of his usefulness lay in his intense and passionate life of prayer and his unshakeable confidence in God. 'When

I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or quiet and moody. I've even heard some people say that there's a certain mystery or darkness about me. I'm not that way. I'm just really into what I do.

I'll do my best, sir." "I'll pretend I didn't hear that. You can't do your best every day, as that would be your average and you'd never have the ability to shine when it's needed the most. Save your best for when it's truly important. The rest of the time, give a good effort but forgive yourself if it's not your best.

They say quitters never win

It was a striking reminder that they all bore crosses when it came to their respective careers, some heavier than others.

Not only did he want this for himself, but after his recent interaction with Tiana, Naveen had a burning need to show her that he, too, could prosper. Seeing how hard she worked to make her restaurant a success made him want to do the same in his job.

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.

Novels do not drop ready written from the skies. Your couple of hours' reading is my half year's work.

animal. In the end it was his passion that did him in.

Choosing a volleyball goal and sticking to it changes everything.

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

You don't want people to apply to work for you because of the salaries on offer – they should be driven by other desires. But if a salary isn't commensurate with the market, potential winners will not be able to afford to work for you.

Simple. There are many clever, cunning and adept people who are risk averse. You are not risk averse because you are dedicated to becoming rich.

There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence. A man would wonder at the mighty things which have been done by degrees and gentle augmentations. Diligence and moderation are the best steps whereby to climb to any excellence, nay, it is rare that there is any other other way.

Enough of this drama; we have work to do…

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts iv th' case.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

Let no man's ghost return to say his training let him down.

If it's important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

important thing is to show up for herself—over and over again—and keep on going.

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he's at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can't do what I can do.