Quotes About Dedication

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

To say that you will exert your best efforts is little more than to say you will try. But you must begin to understand that — for you, forward of this moment — you do not have the luxury of merely trying at anything you undertake, and failure is not an option." "But

I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67.

literature and opera are full of characters who die for love: i stay alive for her. - Excerpt from "No Longer A Teenager

Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits. I don't think many readers finishing a book ask themselves how many hours of anguish and domestic calamities those two hundred pages have cost the author or how much he received for his work …

No one would speak, so Terence took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and said, "My liege?" "Yes, Terence?" "Twenty years ago I decided I would die for you. I may not be able to do that tomorrow, but if I can't, I can at least die beside you.

Press forward with all diligence so that you may claim the promises of the Lord.

When she had discovered that I hungered to learn, she commenced to shovel knowledge my way as vigorously as she spaded the cowpats into her beloved flower beds.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.

Labor conquers all things.

Most good lawyers live well, work hard, and die poor.

Medicine is my lawful wife. Literature is my mistress.

Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep, the trains you have never failed to catch.

A man after his own heart.

Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

I am not sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough, and the old applause.

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be successful, rich and famous, but if those are our goals, we're off on the wrong foot. ... I just wanted to earn enough money so I could work at home on my writing.