Quotes About Dedication

I'll get up in the morning while they've all got hangovers and run my 5 miles. But the women who do run are usually 10 years younger than me and they're really obsessed about running. That's all they do. They're really boring.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

Motivation will move you towards the top, consistency will take you to the top, but discipline is the key to keeping you there.

Someone's disapproval of a dream that you are passionate about, should not stop you from pursuing it.

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

Moon took up so much of his headspace. He caught himself watching her the way he used to watch Cobra, hoping for a glance that would hint she might love him back. He wanted to bring her new scrolls that would make her face light up. He wanted to make her soup when her visions gave her headaches and sing her silly songs to help her stop worrying. He wanted to fly beside her while she saved the world.

Clay would be just as happy if nobody ever noticed how wonderful he is. Then he could sleep and eat and take care of us instead of fighting. Starflight

fighting and dying for her and

A dragon whose whole life would be about producing flamesilk for HiveWings and nothing else. Maybe

his best friends, wasn't that their ONE JOB?

can tell you what to do. That's my job and my favorite thing in life, I mean, seriously.

All I can ask is that you try your best — and I know I don't even have to ask, because you're the kind of dragon who always does.

I'm coming for my friend.

Of course she is — that's what she's been up to this whole time,

You've never seen instant loyalty like these RainWings have for Queen Glory,

Another few months of training, maybe. I'm feeling really

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Commitment is a function of two things: clarity and buy-in

We need to hire people who are hungry. They go beyond what is required. Passionate about the work they're doing. Hungry.

There was no sense of unity or camaraderie on the team, which translated into a muted level of commitment.

Teams that are willing to commit publicly to specific results are more likely to work with a passionate, even desperate desire to achieve those results. Teams that say, "We'll do our best," are subtly, if not purposefully, preparing themselves for failure.

Take a bullet for the client. Make everything about the client. Honor the client's work. Do the dirty work.

teamwork ultimately comes down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time

I slept as the person in Plutarch that ran from Marathon to Athens without a pause would have slept if he had not fallen dead, the creature.