Quotes About Dedication

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

So, what counts is that you think this is the best choice. Once you've decided that, you should chase it down with everything you've got.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

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

There is never enough time unless you are serving it.

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. (150)

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Wherever you went, I'd go with you,' I decided. 'Though you'd soon get bored with me.

The gods never ask for the promise of success, only that we try.

I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

If I'm called on to shed my blood, it doesn't matter because it's for the good of everyone else.

The esoteric system is all based upon the ultimate motive. Ultimate motive is the service of truth itself, a complete dedication to the service of the realities of existence.

I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

I am ready to make plenty of sacrifices to reach my goals, and no one's going to stop me.

Antes que poeta hubiera preferido ser un buen banderillero

Mientras dure la lucha, que durará tal vez toda mi vida, no me conviene cultivar los placeres de los sentidos, ¿te das cuenta?, porque son, de verdad, secundarios para mí. El gran placer es otro, el de saber que estoy al servicio de lo más noble, que es… bueno… todas mis ideas…

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality the other, a matter of time.

If I want to get work done, that's usually about 3 in the morning.

I'm a huge sports fan.