Quotes About Dedication

He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it.

There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.

A total commitment gives you the extra ounce of courage that it takes to win.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?

My parents were always clear with my brothers and I when we were growing up that you have to have the courage of your convictions and that when you commit to something you must fully commit.

We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.

It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.

The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front.

Showing up is eighty percent of life.

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.

Sometimes I didn't want to skate. My dad would push me so hard to get better.

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years.

My dad has always said to me, "where there is a will there is a way" and this is the type of dedication hockey has taught me. Being dedicated to this sport [hockey] has been my will to play.

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

My dad worked - f - k if I know - seven jobs? He painted a house. He would deliver toilets. He drove a cab, delivered pizzas. Whatever he could do, he did.

It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.