Quotes About Dedication

Faithfulness is God's standard! As His servants we are not required to be perfect or successful — simply faithful.

Faith is not something to be reasoned from afar, but something we throw ourselves into — heart, mind, and soul.

I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.

Two people have to love and respect each other to make a good team, at least in marriage. They have to be committed down to their cores in order to survive the ups and downs of life.

Marriages last because the people in them want to be married

For Jean Dennis and in memory of John Dennis Prologue

We mothers have to be part sleuth, I realized.

Writing as proven to be hard work, often painful. I can honestly say I would rather be fishing.

Working just a little harder than someone else who might be just as talented (or even a bit more) is what will win the day.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. —STEPHEN KING

I'm not the smartest guy, but I can outwork you. It's the one thing I can control.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Hard work is good for the soul," she would say. "And it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself, because you don't have time.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —VINCE LOMBARDI Steve

The line between passionate and crazy can be a thin one.

No!" Nellie said fiercely. "I got into it because of the money. But now --

Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done.

I just wanna give a big shout out to all the fans out there who have followed my work up until now. You guys are amazing!! Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.

I don't abandon stories once I've started working on them. Once I sit down and start a story, I'll be damned if I'm going to give up on it. But I do reject most of the ideas for stories that I come up with.

Finishing something is nearly always a herculean effort; bringing a job to completion requires resolve. People would be surprised to learn that most of the stuff out in the world is only a small percentage of what could have been accomplished.

There are no lazy trillionaires.

There's never an easy route to the things that matter.

There isn't a single day I don't do some writing -- if you don't, you won't have a book. When you're self-employed it is very easy to burn away your time instead -- answering e-mails, surfing the Internet, or hanging out with friends. You really must have the discipline to sit down and write every day. Most of what I am writing is living in the back of my head or in my subconscious. I find if I write every day, my subconscious will do the job for me.