Quotes About Dedication

Total surrender to the demands of the human spirit: be attentive, be intelligent, be reasonable, be responsible, be in love.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame.

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained in sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.

The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones, And with him toiled his children, and their lives Were builded, with his own, into the walls, As offerings unto God.

I always love when everybody else is really bringing their game, because it's only going to make the movie better; it just makes you work harder and they work harder and everybody is trying to get their little bit in. It's competitive in a constructive way.

I want to be a poet, from head to toe, living and dying by poetry.

Her dad works in a supermarket, and her mother is just a stay-home mom. Her mom was always at Stacey's dance rehearsals and stuff. And that's why Stacey is not rich—her parents don't put in the time.

I love you madly," she said. "I shall make you happy if I have to kill somebody to do it. But that ought not to be necessary.

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.

What makes for a good marriage isn't necessarily what makes for a good romantic relationship. Marriage isn't a passion-fest; it's a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane and often boring non-profit business. And I mean this in a good way.

Most things worth doing are difficult,

Marriage isn't a constant passion-fest; it's more like a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane nonprofit business.

I'm already yours. Always have been. All you have to do is step into the ring.

Forever this time, he said as Sawyer strode toward them. Tara sighed blissfully. You know what this means, right? I'm done guessing, he said. Tell me. It means you're mine, she said. And I'm yours. No more walking away. We are going to get it right this time. His smile was slow and easy, and just for her. Well, finally.

She had time to make room for him in her closet. The cat had time to get used to him. They had all the time they needed, because he'd told her he was hers, and he was a man of his word. I've got all I need, she told him. He leaned down and kissed her again, then stroked a finger over her temple, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. I want you to know, he said. That you're the best choice I ever made. No regrets? No regrets.

He was a smart enough guy to get that she was the one for him. He was also smart enough to know that he was going to have to work his ass off for it.

He already couldn't remember what it'd been like before her. He'd thought everything was great in his life but then he'd been thrown a curve ball in the form of this gorgeous, passionate woman who he suddenly couldn't get enough of. Which made it official. He was hers, completely.

You put your heart and soul into whatever you do. I'd bet my last dollar on you any day of the week, Rebel." With that shocking statement, he turned and walked off. And Tae absolutely did not watch his ass as he did.

An injured dog, a sick kitten, a horse in labor, it didn't matter... Dell gave his heart and soul, and in less time than it took humans to shake hands, an animal would become part of Dell's pack for life.

They then spent the next two hours working, just two regular unicorns, getting through their to-do list.

To the best readers on the planet—romance readers! I'm grateful to each one of you every single day.

Far too many couples settle for mediocrity in their marriage when they would never settle for second-best in other areas of their life.

No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.