Quotes About Dedication

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.

I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends and society are the natural enemies of a writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.

Blind zeal can only do harm.

My zeal hath consumed me.

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough.

If at first you don't succeed, try a little ardor.

Some people should use a glue stick instead of ChapStick®.

Dhe artisti i ri shkon drejt artit siç shkohet drejt mëkatit.

Our dedication- devotion- to craft should enlighten as it humbles us.

Art is progressive; the more you do it, the better you get. I defy anyone to write fifteen short stories and not have story #15 be at least marginally better than story #1. It's simply not possible. Setting a date-certain for surrender often results in giving up just as you're starting to get good at your craft.

If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.

Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

DEDICATED TO: YOU - it has been so long, too long, since you have had a home.

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

You are who you are. I know you. You believe that? Yea but-- You're Eve Dallas. You're the love of my life. My heart and Soul. You're a cop, mind and bone. You're a woman of strength and resilience. Stubborn, hardheaded, occassionally mean as a badger, and more generous that you'll admit.

Can you imagine what I wouldn't risk for you? You can't, because there's nothing. There's bloody nothing - Roarke

Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?

Cops aren't heroes, Peabody. We just do the job.

Bad guys, in their various forms, on their various levels, didn't take time off.