Quotes About Dedication

Look upon him who does not waver from his cause, no matter how insipid and ultimately irrelevant, and you shall find in him the meaning of dull-witted. The bhok'aral could have stared into my eyes forever, for there was no intelligence behind them. Behind his eyes, I mean. It was proof of my superiority that I found distraction elsewhere.

Worship the sacrifice they will make, for they make it in the name of compassion—the only cause worth fighting and dying for.

Just remember, Henar, I don't do this for just anybody!' 'Do what?' She stepped forward, blades lifting. 'Dance.

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We served the one who served us.' He

Anyone who has mastered a weapon – truly mastered it – is a humble man or woman.

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But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer.

Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck and labour, interest your readers. What merely interests you is sure to bore them. (from Workbook)

Reformers can learn from monks, who spend countless hours cooking or cleaning the grounds or raking the garden, and can view each and every task, no matter how menial or seemingly trivial, not simply as a means to an end, which is frustrating if the final goal seems remote or unattainable. Rather, the tasks are seen as ends in themselves to be celebrated as eminently worthwhile, which paradoxically enhances their possible benefit for the future.

The decision to carry your cross is the one you must make. If you decide not to decide, that is a decision not to follow Christ.

To believe was to commit to something in their hearts without wavering. It went to the very core of their being, the source of all decisions and behavior. To believe in one's heart was to have a whole new nature—one

True diligence runs contrary to human nature.

Tell me what you value and I might believe you," management guru Peter Drucker once said, "but show me your calendar and your bank statement, and I'll show you what you really value." So

Tell me what you value and I might believe you," management guru Peter Drucker once said, "but show me your calendar and your bank statement, and I'll show you what you really value.

I always thought having a ring doctor at a boxing match was like having a preacher in a whore house. If a fighter is worried about his health, he's obviously chosen the wrong profession.

I initially purchased two secondhand horse rides, and I talked a department store into allowing me to set them up in its roof garden. I operated the rides myself. I refurbished the machines myself. I would polish them and clean them every day, and I was there to welcome the mothers of the children as they arrived. —Masaya Nakamura, founder and president, Namco

still working hard at Google, even though they had the wealth of Saudi princes.

I read it more carefully than anyone had ever read it. . . . Kahn's book to me is like the Vedas," he explains, citing the centuries-old Indian text. "There's an expression I learned: 'If a man loses his cow, he looks for it in the Vedas.

Hackers can do almost anything and be a hacker. You can be a hacker carpenter. It's not necessarily high tech. I think it has to do with craftsmanship and caring about what you're doing.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don't. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.