Quotes About Dedication

He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying with him only a saddle, his rosary, and his books....The books were the closest thing he had to furniture, and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.

She needed someone to worship; he needed slavish devotion. They became inseparable companions.

I guess we've both managed to plow through a lot of shit. Well listen, it's been enough to make me nothing short of fanatically determined to have it right once and that's what we're doing, right? - Janis Joplin

And I didn't even try to fight the smile returning to my face, as I realized in that moment that I would eat a million pepperoni pizzas for that girl. And she knew. Damn it.

He's resigned himself to the belief that the best a person can do is to make one's life worth dying for.

On deadline days, though, "my best time is around eleven at night. There is absolutely no distraction to be had. You're pretty much shackled to your desk." She pauses. "There's something really nice about that.

become deeply engaged in their team's project, and

There's little point, though, in being too scattered to master something, or in spending much time on activities in which you can't excel.

you have a dedicated assistant, or one you share with one or two other people, great. Find one who isn't just able to handle administrative tasks, but excels at the problem-solving part of the job and sees it as his mission to advance you.

Not only do you have to do what you love, you have to love what you do. That is, the job conditions need to be optimal to coax out your best work.

what a thing to do—to give up your whole self for someone else. To love someone that much. To be always and forever there, no matter what. To hold on like that.

I will become her Gallowglass

You want people to take it seriously, but most people are still going to act like it's just some dumb thing you're doing and ask you about it in the way people do when they don't think you're ever going to finish what you started.

That's about it kid. When you're in you're in, when you're out, you're out.

Does this mean you're going to marry me then?" "I've only been pestering you to marry me since the day we met, Daniel. What clued you in that I'd be interested other than that?

Love isn't enough so you have to work your tail off to make up that last twenty percent. Don't rely on love, rely on your head and your heart and the knowledge that working and being in love is way better than slacking off and having it all fall apart later.

Everything worth having is worth working for, don't you think?

Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall close the door of the mighty Starbucks.

If you love someone, you should be willing to show it. This is our one shot at life.

I know I deserve nothing, but if you want me I'm yours.

I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took

He hung up and stood there, his mind spinning. Uncle Benny's words whispered in his head. We'll do what we always do. What they always did. Fight fires. Save people's lives. Yes, that's what they'd do now. The FDNY was the biggest fire department in the world. They were the best. And they would do what they always did.

would practice

But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas, ideas that invariably come to me at two in the morning when my alarm is set for seven.