Quotes About Dedication

Laycock then displayed his particular genius which was that of enthusiastic agreement and subsequent lack of performance.

Pilar—remember—nothing is so boring as devotion.

He's a zealous fellow, but zeal can't really take the place of brains.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania...

Mediocrity is but a by-product of the dispassionate

The mind, unlike a box, cannot simply filled whatever that you wish and then remove it once you decide it's a hazard leaving it unscathed. Rather, it's like a living being and what you put inside it gets ingested and assimilated. It becomes a part of it and to remove it takes a tremendous amount of consistent work and dedication only to realize that it was best not to have taken whatever it is in to begin with.

Being a student is like someone behind the bars, only those who burn the midnight oil will get the certificate of freedom.

Hard work is far more valuable than talent. The world is littered with brilliant, talented, lazy nobodies. Almost the entire workforce of Starbucks is populated by a bunch of geniuses that "nobody gets, man." If you have talent and you don't have the stones to get up every day and perfect that talent, accept criticism, look at yourself honestly, suck on the hard lozenge of failure, and try to constantly and consistently improve, well then, you don't have shit.

When we practice only when we're feeling good, how are we going to get anywhere like that?

Dedication. The battle we're in requires "the act of devoting all of one's energy, effort, and abilities to a certain task," as the Muhammad Ali Center boasts on its walls. Folks

Ali always wondered why the press never talked about his supreme commitment to roadwork

His attitude was that in order to train his assistant directors it was worth sacrificing his own pictures. At least, that seems to me the only possible interpretation.

Yama-san was the best kind of teacher. Yama-san, I promise you I'll try a little harder, a little longer. This is the memorial speech I offer up to Yama-san.

My innocent request for kend? lessons had brought me a load of unexpected tasks. But I had asked for it, so there was nothing I could do.

It seems that, no matter what is happening to me in my personal life, I am always thinking about my work without even knowing it. This phenomenon resembles some kind of karma.

When I stood behind Yama-san in his director's chair next to the camera, I felt my heart swell with that same feeling—"I've made it at last." The work he was doing was the kind that I really wanted to do. I was standing in the mountain pass, and the view that opened up before me on the other side revealed a single straight road.

Since I wanted nothing except permission to leave quickly and go to Mr. Tachikawa's house, I applied myself with fervor to copying the teacher's calligraphy. But you can't love what you don't like.

Once in the racket you're always in it.

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem — once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.

Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.