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Quotes About Dedication

Their national psychology is such that the bigger the Idea the more wholeheartedly and obstinately do they throw themselves into making it a success. It is an admirable characteristic provided the Idea is good.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Everything was duty. It was not merely that nothing else mattered. There was nothing else. One did one's duty as well as one possibly could, be it great or small, and naturally one deserved no reward.
~ Winston S. Churchill
quedó libre de toda responsabilidad y dedicado a contemplar las faltas inevitables, las debilidades, las sorpresas y los desengaños que la lucha tenía reservados.
~ Winston S. Churchill
These thirty years of action and advocacy comprise and express my life-effort, and I am content to be judged upon them. I have adhered
~ Winston S. Churchill
Jak mam co? do napisania, to staram si? pisa? jak najm?drzej i ?eby to by?o jak najlepsze. A to, czy ja jestem Polak podczas pisania, czy jestem Chi?czyk, to do mnie nie nale?y. Ja jestem cz?owiek i moj? robot? musz? zrobi? jak najlepiej.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.
~ Wodehouse
you know that I am, as it were, completely immersed in Musique - it is on my mind all day long - I love to plan - study - reflect on it (...).
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
He fixed his eyes on my fingers while I played to him, then said suddenly, My God; I work at it till I sweat and yet get no success - while you, my friend, simply play at it! Yes, said I, but I too had to work in order that I might be exempt from work now.
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.
~ Woody Allen
Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.
~ Woody Allen
Showing up is 80% of life.
~ Woody Allen
80% of life is showing up.
~ Woody Allen
Mia was proud to advertise herself as a mom willing to adopt a child with cerebral palsy, but the dedication and work involved fell to the other kids.
~ Woody Allen
Bergman invited me to his island a few times but I always ducked it. I worshipped the guy as an artist, but who wants to take a tiny plane to a Russian-owned island where there's just sheep and get yogurt for lunch? I'm not that dedicated.
~ Woody Allen
whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
~ Xenophon
I felt free to further unburden my heart. "What angers me are all those kings who are fabled for the heaps of gold in their coffers, and their freedom from trouble and pain. I have a different vision. I say that the true leader shuns luxury and ease. Once in power, he should want to work harder than ever.
~ Xenophon
Your upbringing has made you tough and taught you that success can only be won by hard work. You know what true warriors are. True warriors don't falter when they're called upon to perform feats of great endurance. True warriors don't fall asleep when they ought to remain alert.
~ Xenophon
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
~ Yann Martel
Now he realized that this matter of faith was either radically to be taken seriously or radically not to be taken seriously.
~ Yann Martel
Remember, passion and purpose go handinhand.
~ Christopher Harris
Ask nothing from your running, and you'll get more than you ever imagined!
~ Christopher McDougall
the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
~ Christopher McDougall
There was something terribly sad, yet terribly uplifting, about watching this prophet of the ancient art of distance running turning his back on everything except his dream, and heading back down to "the best place in the world to run." Alone.
~ Christopher McDougall
V?l k?da Ledvilas le?enda ir su?u bar?bas magn?ts M?ršals Alriks, kurš uzlaboja savu skriešanas ?trumu, likdams ?irur?iski no?emt sev k?ju pirkstu nagus. " Tie t?pat man krita nost, " paskaidroja M?ršals.
~ Christopher McDougall