Quotes About Dedication

I'm a pretty stubborn guy. I don't quit too easily.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.

The most difficult thing about my job is that I do a lot of 19-hour days. It's really difficult to have a life, never mind a relationship. I don't have any regrets, really. I'm quite content. I'm very stubborn and persistent. I just keep working.

I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season.

My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.

I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.

If you're going to be an entrepreneur, most likely you're going to be Type A - stubborn.

That's why I kept wrestling - I'm too dumb to realize I can't win, so I keep wrestling until I ultimately succeed. I'm pretty dang stubborn.

I am not particularly disciplined, but I am stubborn like few.

Good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is, without a doubt, hard work. There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular, there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.

My stubbornness of wanting this fighting career has saved me.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

When I'm working, I'm insufferable because I get stuck with myself, and suddenly I become obsessive, thinking about how to make something better.

I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.

I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.

As PM, you have got to do everything from chairing the Cabinet to ceremonial things. You have also got to do the nitty gritty. I do get stuck into the detail.

Once I take a case, I'm stuck with it.

I write in the mornings. I get up every morning at about six in the morning and write until nine, hop in the shower and go to work. Nighttime I usually reserve for re-reading what I've done that morning. I would be lying if I said I stuck to that schedule every single day.

One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know everything, then how will I to grow? How will I improve? I'll be stuck in a rut, and eventually I'll grow complacent.

That's one thing about this business. You'd better give it your best, because you're stuck with that performance on film for the rest of your life.