Quotes About Dedication

So never mind these failures, these little backslidings. Hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more. . . . There is infinite life before the soul. Take your time and you will achieve your end.

be otherwise? One must first know how to work

I'm destined to become the greatest fighter the world has known. If I didn't truly believe that, I would go and teach or do something else.

When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else - I had to be a musician. I can't commit to anything unless I love it.

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.

There were many times during our career when he could've quit and done something else. But he knew that his power was with the Grateful Dead. He didn't want to go solo. Jerry was a groupist. He loved to group.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.

What's amazing is that I'm recognized all over the world through 'Red Dwarf.' British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star!

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

The only way that I can do better than someone else, maybe they're better at something else, but they'll never beat me at work.

I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.

If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

If you're always trying to do a good job, then something good is going to come from it.

There's nothing romantic about my work... I don't believe in inspiration. I believe that you get to your desk, you stay there, you work, you think of nothing else. You write and you write, and in the end, you write something good.

I am a Blazer at heart, and I want those fans to have something good to cheer for.

The only way to make something good is if you make it difficult for yourself on every conceivable level. You can't cut corners; you can't rest on your laurels.

If you play football, you have to try to do the maximum, so I'm always doing the maximum for myself because, after my football career, I want to sit down and think I did something good.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

I want the fans to be able to recognise I am doing something good for the club, but at the same time, I want to work hard for the team and make sure we win games.

I think you can always chase something good and great in this game.