Quotes About Dedication

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit.

You can never expect too much of yourself in the matter of giving yourself to others.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Remember this: If you work for a man, in Heaven's name, work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage - resign your position, and when you are on the outside, damn to your heart's content, but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.

As an actor, the only pressure I have is to just be truthful and to do my best work.

I was the first one to say, 'I'll cover that, I'll stay late. I'll go to that shoot.' Anything I could do to add to my job description... I also found out - you can't learn this in college - but I had a knack for dealing with talent in stressful situations and knowing how to make them feel comfortable and also being fairly truthful.

I don't ever want to work on something unless I feel really passionate about it and know I can give everything to it; otherwise it's not truthful and I hate that.

As a martial artist you have to be truthful about yourself so you can approach your training properly and get better.

Truthfully, I just love the game of football and I'm just so locked in on doing my job that I kind of forget it's the Super Bowl.

I truthfully think, a consistent coach over 30 years, probably, I'd rather be that than having one championship and mediocrity for years.

I'll say to you truthfully - I don't want be away from my three kids, but I'm here because I love playing for Scotland.

My only job is to act and play the character truthfully and honestly.

Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.

I'm not perfect but I always try to give of my best.

Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.

The most important thing is to try to do your best.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.

You've just got to keep going through the tough times and try your best every time you play.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

I live my normal life. I love what I do, and try to look after myself as much as I can.