Quotes About Dedication

There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you only do it when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

aim at success,'" he read. "'The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue … as the unintended side effect of one's dedication to a course greater than oneself.

she carries with her an almost-tangible expectation that your own deepest wish, like hers, is to serve a greater purpose.

The pursuit of perfection required rigor and discipline.

the most fulfilled and purposeful people are those who have turned their abilities to a cause that's greater than themselves.

being consistent and authentic are the keys to successful training.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Being a soldier isn't easy, but being a soldier's wife is more difficult still. It's a team effort if you are to succeed; both must believe in the profession and believe that it will always take care of you. You overlook the bad--the loneliness, the cramped quarters, the mediocre hospitals, and the lousy pay--because you believe in the greater good of what you are doing.

Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile.

Work hard at . . . something.

Find the thing you love, and do it with all your heart, to the absolute best of your ability, no matter what people say.

Sometimes, when it's going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery. The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell. Emma is lost on anything less than 120gsm.

Anyway, that's why you do it. Not to be famous, just to be good. To do good work. Find the thing you really love doing, and do it to the best of your ability.

to be some exceptional, a Cartier-Bresson, a Capa or a Brandt, would require toil, rejection & struggle

to become exceptional, a Cartier-Bresson, a Capa or a Brandt, would require toil, rejection & struggle

The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at … something.

the memorial stained-glass window dedicated to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on whose side God had been in two world wars, though this hadn't prevented them suffering heavy casualties.

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it.

High school music teachers... nobody makes a living off it.

In the best establishments, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.

Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.

My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.

Age does not count. It's what you know about football that matters.

But one of them is that, in everything I do, I hope there will be patent common sense attached to it. Common sense and hard work. Together, hard work and common sense bring success. That is what I believe. In football and in life.