Quotes About Dedication

I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.

Is it really worth dying for the person you love?

It takes a dozen bees to gather enough nectar to make a teaspoon of honey, each of them alighting on roughly 2,600 flowers and flying 850 miles back and forth. A worker bee weighs little more than a breath—around 100 milligrams—but she can carry half her body weight in nectar.

Maybe this was the job of a mother: to buy time for her child, no matter what. Even if it meant doing something she'd rather not; even if it left her flat on her back.

Mothers are supposed to be their children's biggest cheerleaders. Mothers are supposed to believe in their children, no matter what. Mothers will lie to themselves, if necessary, to do this.

When you love someone, you'll do anything you can to keep them with you.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

I should have known from watching Henry work at the office: programmers moved slowly and deliberately, and then waited to see the reaction. And if they did not succeed the first time, they would try over and over again, until they broke through that fifth dimension and got it right.

Actually, she liked math. She loved knowing that if she worked hard enough, at the end there was going to be an answer that made sense.

weight. "I'm in," she called back to Reid.

A baseball season is really fucking long.

Acest roman este dedicat lui John W. Campbell, care a respins o povestire fiindc? a considerat c?-i absurd s? scrii despre femei americane care lupt? È™i mor în r?zboi, È™i lui Ben Bova, care a avut alt? p?rere.

Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

As a boy, all I ever wanted was this: a life dedicated to art; every idea, every breath an artistic gesture. And here is this girl before me, blowing on her hands to keep warm. And why am I so worried it's not going to last?

skill that requires constant practice and proper training. To

If you are observationally "challenged," do not despair. You can overcome your weakness in this area if you are willing to devote time and effort to observing your world more conscientiously.

I like ambition. I like someone who gets up in the morning and has a purpose. A real purpose. I have one. I want whoever I love to have one. I always look forward to breakfast.

When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don't bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.

studied theology and was preparing to become a missionary

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

I have consummated the work to which I pledged myself, using all the abilities that You (God) gave me; I have shown the glory of Your works to men, but if I have pursued my own glory among men while engaged in a work intended for Your glory, be merciful, be compassionate, and forgive.

There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of others.