Quotes About Dedication

Either we are the brides of this great King or we are not.

we shall not fail to observe the fasts, disciplines and periods of silence which the Order commands; for, as you know, if prayer is to be genuine it must be reinforced with these things--prayer cannot be accompanied by self-indulgence.

I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I'm experiencing it those same effects.

Despite all of their flaws and difficulties, these men don't want to walk out on their own lives, leave their wives and children. They want to come home.

She had always asked him what, exactly, he was training for. Now she knew.

For the Phantom, there is only one girl. For Sam, there is only one horse.

As if I were a dog, to follow at your heels.

It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.

The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.

Hard work is rewarding beyond gold. Sweating is living.

It's only a matter of inches, but skipping gets me just that much closer to heaven.

Follow your passion, and success will follow you.

All of a sudden he stripped off his wet suit. It was winter and quite cold. "What are you doing?" I called out. He stood in the icy water. "This is how dedicated I am to having a boy baby," he said, with a mischievous grin. I said, "I think you're just supposed to keep them cool, not actually freeze them off." He laughed.

He had told me before, but that night in the truck it hit home: Steve lived for wildlife and he would die for wildlife. He came by his convictions sincerely, from the bottom of his heart. He was more than just my husband that night. He was my hero.

Even on the road, we continued our efforts to conceive. Part of our boy-baby effort was the need to try right at the time of ovulation. I packed an ovulation kit with me everywhere. When the strip turned blue, it meant we had a twenty-four- to forty-eight-hour window to get busy. At first I had Steve convinced that women ovulated twenty or thirty times a month. But I couldn't trick him forever. At some point he realized that that was impossible.

The emotional roller coaster of rescue work never seemed to end. I named my facility "Cougar Country" to highlight my focus, but I found myself called to help many different animals--in veterinarians' offices, in the field, in classrooms and courtrooms. Somehow I kept it all together, and ran Westates Flagman, too. My day had forty-eight hours. It helped that I had no social life.

What'll it be?" Steve asked me, just days after our wedding. "Do we go on the honeymoon we've got planned, or do you want to go catch crocs?" My head was still spinning from the ceremony, the celebration, and the fact that I could now use the two words "my husband" and have them mean something real. The four months between February 2, 1992--the day Steve asked me to marry him--and our wedding day on June 4 had been a blur.

Entreat me not to leave you Or to return from following you; For where you go I will go, And where you lodge I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God my God; Where you die I will die, And there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me And more also If even death parts me from you. --Ruth 1:16

Using the satellite phone connection, I finally reached Croc One. The captain, Kris, was in tears. I finally tracked down John Stainton, and he assured me that he hadn't left Steve's side. "I've got a charter plane coming," John said. "I'll get him home, Terri.

The secret of your success is hidden in your daily routine."[1]

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy ... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.

We suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well!