Quotes About Dedication

I've been working hard on [Ulysses] all day, said Joyce. Does that mean that you have written a great deal? I said. Two sentences, said Joyce. I looked sideways but Joyce was not smiling. I thought of [French novelist Gustave] Flaubert. You've been seeking the mot juste? I said. No, said Joyce. I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence.

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.

There's no substitute for loyalty.

Then count me in," Wash said to Mal. "Whatever Zoë wants, I want." "My man." Zoë slipped an arm around her husband's waist and kissed him. "That's why I love you." "It's also why you haven't killed me all this time we've been married." "Smart of you to realize.

I guess research isn't for everyone." "Certainly not for the faint of heart or the unfaithful.

The Empire values dedication. Especially when it's unswerving.

She may have found a little more than peace. There was something unnatural, a little unhealthy, about the way she inhaled Veda's smell as she dedicated the rest of her life to this child who had been spared, as she resolved that the restaurant must open today, as advertised, and that it must not fail.

People commit to causes, not to plans.

these ascetic practices were not undertaken in order to cow the spirit is exemplified by the story of Pur?? Puri himself. He chose the ?rdhvab?hu austerity and held both his arms in the air for the remaining forty-five years of his life, during which he travelled continuously, reaching as far as Malaysia in the east and Moscow in the west.

The true Calvinist is someone whose whole life is devoted to the glory of God.

Being wholly given over to God now is the essential and best possible preparation for future service.

Spend one hour every day thinking about your goal and how to get there.

I choose you, Max. -Fang

Every masterpiece comes at the end of a long line of failures.

You must do today what nobody else will do, so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't.

when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life doing something, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

Every day from the crack of dawn, he said- and i completed the rest, until we can't keep our eyes open one second longer

we've got all these

To be honest, every once in a while, there's an hour or two when I can't stand Sue -- but there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not in love with her. She had me at Sure and she still does. Here's the thing: If Sue ever leaves me, I'm going with her.

second one-liner

James Patterson

While God had not forsaken this place, He was clearly expecting us to hold up our end, as it appeared He was needed elsewhere.

James Patterson

I made a pleasant discovery. You work hard at something eight hours a day, you get better. Not a lot better necessarily, but a little better, and that's just fine, because improving at golf, or anything else probably, is just a matter of making an endless series of tiny improvements.