Quotes About Dedication

You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, as surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading, wear that same rapt expression, forgetting themselves in a function. How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.

The surest way to discipline passion is to discipline time: decide what you want or ought to do during the day, then always do it at exactly the same moment every day, and passion will give you no trouble.

Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition

if one writes one can do nothing else.

All things can tempt me from this craft of verse.

A line will take us hours may be; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, Our stitching and unstitching has been nought.

No-one will dispute the effectiveness of a straight left or a right hook to the jaw or body, but unfortunately it takes months of practice to develop a good punch.

You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.

We yield at once with humbled mien, Because, with all our faults, we love our Queen.

I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.

Im not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.

You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.

Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

I feel like I owe Juilliard everything... coming from Kentucky at age 17, having a school like that giving me a chance. And if you cant afford it, you can get a scholarship.

Sometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.

Keep showing up for your side of the job and give genius a chance to do its part.

I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.

If I didn't believe that we had a chance of coming to power, then I would have focused on taking care of my three children or gardening.

If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.

You get one chance to make an impression and coasting through is a disservice.

I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Back in 1987 when they drafted me. The Indians were the only team interested in taking a chance on Albert Belle, and I made the most of it. Hopefully, they got as much from me as I got from them.