Quotes About Dedication

I hadn't been a nerd, mind you. I'd just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.

People with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he needs ?

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He'd felt it on the first day he'd picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks's advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He'd never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive.

Do try to focus." "Well, I do try. I simply fail.

It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.

You're late, Kell", Dockson said, still not looking up from his ledgers. "I strive for nothing if not consistency" - Kelsier

A man is what he has passion about.

This is the true test of a man. He who will stand when others grow complacent.

A man doesn't have to like his duty. He just has to do it." She

Maybe you saw me there when you glanced at the rest of the room, to see what people look like when they actually have to work to get things." He drew his lips to a line. It seemed I'd touched a nerve. Excellent. First blood.

And yet, any who know me will realize that there was no chance I would give up so easily. Once I find something to investigate, I become dogged in my pursuit.

no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. Saze

We have to be consistent," she said, leaning in conspiratorially. "Or we'll break your brains.

I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.

This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.

I will go on until the end

I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.

Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have—it's something we choose to practice.

We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with action.

At Brené Brown Education and Research Group, we are called to live into the following values: Be brave. Serve the work. Take good care.

But developing fundamental skills through disciplined practice is what gives players the grounded confidence to dare greatly.