Quotes About Dedication

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Nothing ever great was achieved without enthusiasm.

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

An artist spends himself like the crayon in his hand, till he is all gone.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

A única pessoa que muda de verdade a face do planeta é aquele que lavra modestamente o seu terreno.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Do your actions without caring for the result. Do not think that you are the doer. Dedicate the work to God. (p. 236)

Hard work guarantees you nothing. But laziness assures

Belief means nothing without actions

I know this too now: Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it's gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief—that's more terrible than dying—more terrible than dying young.

his own willingness to practice Morse code "about 18 hours a day." (Edison's capacity for extended bursts of work would be his principal vanity his entire life.) This intensive tutelage soon enabled him to become a professional telegraph operator.

There's just nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.

D.L. Moody heard somebody say that the world has not yet seen what God could do with one man who would be totally surrendered to Him. And D.L. Moody said, "I want to be that man.

Work hard, work passionately, but apply your most precious asset—time—to what is most meaningful to you.

it's the romance, not the finance that makes business worth pursuing.

Practice makes perfect, but nobody ever complains about practice with beer.