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Quotes About Dedication

There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the only patient reader, for my aim is merely self-expression.
~ H. P. Lovecraft
The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.
~ Harry S. Truman
They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.
~ Harvey Keitel
My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
~ Helen Keller
The thing to do with money is to put it back into yourself, into your work, into the thing that is important, into whatever you are so much interested in that it is more important than money.
~ Henry Ford
When you can't create you can work
~ Henry Miller
But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.
~ Henry Rollins
I don't work this hard just to be the best player. I do it to win.
~ Holly McPeak
Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.
~ Honore de Balzac
You get what you work for, not what you wish for.
~ Howard A. Tullman
I'm never gonna go into a studio and work for a whole year non-stop. Just every day on my own in the studio working, it's just too damn hard.
~ Imogen Heap
As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.
~ Indira Gandhi
I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.
~ Ivan Lendl
Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of things.
~ J Clifford Hudson
Work honestly and build, build, build. That's all I can tell you.
~ J. R. Simplot
I have never lost a total passion for my work.
~ Jack Lemmon
Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day
~ Jack Welch
I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work
~ Jackson Pollock
I love artists. I love watching other people work.
~ Jake Gyllenhaal
My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is. It will one day, for the long run, it will make some sort of change somewhere.
~ Jake Gyllenhaal
The worst days of darkness through which I have ever passed have been greatly alleviated by throwing myself with all my energy into some work relating to others.
~ James A. Garfield
I love hard work. One Man, Two Guvnors was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.
~ James Corden
It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.
~ James D'arcy
Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.
~ James Denton