Quotes About Dedication

If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn't wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

I love soccer; I want to be on the field.

It's always a really great thing to have an actor that does make you want to up your game. It naturally motivates you to do and try things that maybe you wouldn't necessarily do or try.

As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.

What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.

In terms of jumping into a characters skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is whats required to achieve what I want to achieve.

The fans have been really incredible everywhere we've been. You want to make sure you put on the best concert of your life to show them how appreciative you are.

The idea of sitting at home, not making music, just makes me want to throw up.

I love my football club. I love Essendon, I've always been apart of it and I want to be part of it going forward.

Be persistent. Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want.

A long time ago, I made the commitment to dedicate at least one song per album to God. He has been very good to me, and never for one minute do I want Him to think I've forgotten, because I haven't.

I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.

I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.