Quotes About Dedication

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.

Remember there is no success without hard work.

When I first saw Spiderman, I had no idea who he was. I later read in an article that he doesn't work much because he only picks projects he believes in.

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.

work is happiness. No one can take my work from me and therefore no one can take my happiness from me.

That's why I work every day. Ev-er-y day. I want to knock people out.

People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.

I would have to say that I'm haunted. I'm haunted by everything that drives me. I want to do great work. I need to do great work. I won't be satisfied unless I do great work.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.

I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.

I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.

Honestly, I have had to live like a high priestess in this show. It is a very, very lonely life. When you work the way I work - that means hard - there's no time for play.

Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle.

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte, I didn't know what I was doing and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

Good, bad, or indifferent - it doesn't matter, just work.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

Let my hands be of service to people. Let me earn wisdom through my hands. Let my hands do good work

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.