Quotes About Dedication

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

Be a loyal friend. Be a kind person. Work hard. And choose to be happy.

Building a neighbourhood takes a very long time. It takes at least twenty years and then some. Like a garden, a neighbourhood must be tended regularly and by many people. There are seeds to be sown, little plants to water. And yes, every day there are weeds to be pulled, small problems to be solved before they overwhelm what is good. It is a humble task, and it is never over. There are days when you think the slightest storm could blow all this loveliness away.

Because you loved, you promised. You must try harder to keep that promise.

Entretanto, mesmo o fogo mais ardente deixa apenas as brasas mais amenas. Bodas verdadeiras são construídas sobre valores e interesses comuns.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say Ive always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.

One of the nicest gifts we can give the person we're sharing our lives with is the support and time to pursue his/her passion — even if we don't fully understand it.

What are you doing?" "Can't you see? I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted! How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours, and I'm beat! This is hard work." "Well, why don't you take a break and sharpen that saw? I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw. I'm too busy sawing!"[*]

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Marriage, however, is not for the consumer; marriage is for the committed.

And suddenly he knew that this was not, as he had been saying to himself, simply an unlucky day. It was a day dedicated beforehand to a lost cause.

At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or water if he was thirsty; not by calculation, but in a constant awareness by which no smallest trifle was missed. Now, when he came down the stairs with a shut mouth and blue lines under his eyes, Hephaistion received some mute signal he understood, and fell into step beside him.

You will never kiss really well, Mr Darcy,' she said, 'unless you practise more. You cannot expect to excel if you do not practise a great deal.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

In short I will part with anything for you but you.

The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers. (quoted 2017-12-30 in the Toronto Daily Star)

Agatha Swanburne - "Do your best before lunch and do your best after lunch. During lunch, have a sandwich.

Agatha Swanburne - "Doing your best is no cause for regret.

My hope in sharing this message from water is to touch your heart so that you experience peace and healing through love and gratitude. And I would like to dedicate this book to you for that day when you'll be born again as Aikansha-bito.

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.

The passion for money is never fickle.