Quotes About Dedication

I care. I care a lot. I think of "Cosmopolitan" all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring, and anxiety.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower.

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it, and have not reached my goal.

You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.

What a man believes, he will die for. What a man merely thinks, he will change his mind about.

I am a stranger to half measures.

Perform without fail what you resolve.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.

The dedicated life is the life worth living.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.

Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

I like to laugh, but on the court, it is my work. I try to smile, but it is so difficult. I concentrate on the ball, not on my face.