Quotes About Dedication

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.

When Michelangelo finally completed painting over 400 life size figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he is reported to have written, "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.

When Michelangelo finally completed painting over 400 life size figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he is reported to have written, "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." What appeared to his admirers to have flowed from sheer genius had required four torturous years of work and dedication.20

kind—perhaps an experience or a paper exam—shows me where I come up short in knowledge or a skill. Step 2: I dedicate myself to becoming more competent, using reflection, practice, spacing, and the other techniques of effective learning. Step 3: I test myself again, paying attention to what works better now but also, and especially, to where I still need more work.

At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that's enough. I can't do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning's work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine.

If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times over, and over, and over, and that if you want to write at a good level, you'll have to do that too.

All part of the service.

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Perhaps her long dark night fueled her life, where she kept moving anyway, as an act of trust so deep it cannot be rationally explained—and indeed would look foolish if anyone tried. And the result was about as clear a Jesus movement as you can point to in recent history. Mother Teresa learned

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

To get to his level in under a hundred fifty years illustrated a phenomenal achievement.

Because one who seeks the highest must not leave any path untried.

Elmer dedicated a book to Mike. Elmer, a

The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.

A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a man like that surely puts us all to shame.

Watch anyone enter their arena of real mastery and you see it, the growing bigger than themselves. Love that.

What he'd noticed in all true masters was that the focus turned soon, or immediately, into full absorption by the act itself.

broader, a planet with more gravity than it had before. That was part of it. Watch anyone enter their arena of real mastery and you see it, the growing bigger than themselves. Love that.

if and when we do cross the finishing line, sadly there will not be much time for celebration. We will already be in training for the next one!

At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.

And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be Godís house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.