Quotes About Dedication

Father," I answered, "I want to give God everything.

The human will to believe is inexhaustible

True pornography is given us by vastly patient professionals.

Remember that Puritans were utterly devoted, like literary critics, to the Word.

If you are not prepared to undergo the extended toil and sacrifice that some particular endeavor may require, then despite having all the native potential for great success in that endeavor, and with all the doors of opportunity wide open, you can nevertheless become an utter failure.

It would be hard to find anywhere in history a record of any other country going to such efforts, for so long, in a cause from which it could gain so little and lose so much.

It is the only life I care about—to write, to go out occasionally and 'lose myself' looking and hearing and then to come back and write again. At any rate that's the life I've chosen.

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith," he says.

You can and you must. Go to the man you love and love him in whatever way you can for as long as you can. Love him in whatever way you can.

he understands that taking more pains to create something can add to the sheer pleasure of offering it up to the universe.

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

Ruark held the door open for her to pass through. "The first I cannot deny, Shanna, for then I did not know of you. But you are my only love and shall remain for as long as I live." His eyes were serious and seemed to probe her being. "I

If you're not aware of it yet, madam, I'm rather single-minded in my pursuits. You're the woman I want, and I'll not be satisfied until I have you." "Christopher, Christopher," she groaned. "When will you ever accept the fact that I'm a married woman?" "Only when I can claim you as my wife." -Christopher & Erienne

THE PARABLE OF THE LABORER AND THE BOOTS Long ago there lived a man called Frederick who worked hard to provide for his wife and his children by taking odd jobs as a laborer in his village. Frederick and his

At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our heart to, then we will know what it is we believe.

It may be fashionable to assert that all is holy, but not many are willing to haul ass to church four or five times a day to sing about it. It's not for the faint of heart.

If monks are crazy to live the way they do, maybe the world needs more such craziness, what Matthew Kelty has termed 'the madness of great love.' My narrow world had just opened wide, and I had glimpsed such a love.

The lover of books is a miner, searching for gold.

the imagination works not so much through inspiration as through perseverance. One must slog through the false starts, spot the wrong words and hold out for the right ones, and above all, be vigilant about staying on the path of revision, no matter how uncomfortable or even painful the journey might become.

And though Clara couldn't speak, she determined that she would no longer be aimless. Whatever wit or pluck she had would be used for one thing: clearing Mrs. Glendoveer's name.

What low-wage employers now seem to demand are workers whose lives have infinite give and 24-7 dedication, for little in return.

I have to write. It's not an option. When I write, I am literally building myself a place in which to live. Once I'm firmly established within the narrative I pop awake in the morning and it's the first thing I think about. Not in an analytical way, as in "Oh, I haven't really reached the crisis point and it's already page 200—I'd better work on that." It's very much just running towards and into the place I most want to be.

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. —Sivananda Saraswati

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. —Isak Dinesen writer