Quotes About Dedication

I wish to produce the fruit of my brain for my country's good. A mere dog may fill the earth with the fruit of his body!

the secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. to know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but to use them to benefit others.

At the end of the talk, I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh springwater. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but use them to benefit others.

We see ourselves in every episode; we realize that it's possible to keep going and never give up. We feel devotion toward the lineage of people who have worked so hard to make it easier for us.

Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours.

One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

I'm not making art, I'm making sushi

Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do.

Of those who start TaeKwonDo training, only about 5% stick with it until they achieve the Black Belt Rank. Then perhaps 80% of those who earn a Black stop there.

I can get obsessed by anything if i look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.

First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first.

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

If you're not willing to go too far, you'll never go far enough in life.

As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

Everyday that goes by I try to improve myself and searching for something that may even be impossible; perfection.

Art is doing something you really believe in.

Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.