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Quotes About Dedication

The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.
~ John Prine
My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.
~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias
My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.
~ John Kluge
Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he 'lives' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
~ G. I. Gurdjieff
I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.
~ Dan Gable
You might reduce Lombardi's coaching philosophy to a single sentence: In any game, you do the things you do best and you do them over and over and over.
~ George Halas
My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.
~ Harry Caray
My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.
~ Joan Benoit
There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.
~ Mark Messier
As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
~ Plato
Every cause that ever I fought, I fought it full without regret or shame.
~ Bob Dylan
The art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea.
~ Virginia Woolf
My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.
~ Karl Urban
You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.
~ Jean-Claude Van Damme
... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.
~ Alan Bennett
My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.
~ Rafael Nadal
What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?
~ Sam Keen
As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.
~ Plato, Euthyphro
All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Tantra is only recommended for someone who has a very developed will power, a terrific sense of humor, and a sense that nothing else matters but God and self-realization.
~ Frederick Lenz
That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
There isn't an end point to excellence where you have it and you can stop. Being your best self means keeping on trying.
~ Jo Walton, The Just City