Quotes About Dedication

In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.

For years and years I have done the work I was born for.

The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

Wherever the good work is I'll go.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.

Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.

I often don't go to sleep and work through the night. I can't seem to do my vocal takes if there's light outside. There's a gentleness to the night that leads me in my stride.

I put in the work to hand Keith Thurman his first loss.

When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone to knock on our door to go to the set.

You don't need to be special to be awesome. You just need to do the work.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

Working is very important to me. Probably because as a child I was taught that work was good. I don't believe it intellectually but I identify with that idea. So it's probably just like a habit.

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.

It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.

For hearts where wakened love doth lurk, How fine, how blest a thing is work! For work does good when reasons fail.

Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

I understand professionals have to work when they don't feel like it, and I certainly don't feel like it. So maybe this will put the nail in the coffin for my acting career.

All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see em go here, I see em go there - but I just do my work.