Quotes About Dedication

If you want to make people believe in imaginary entities such as gods and nations, you should make them sacrifice something valuable.

If you want to make people believe in imaginary entities such as gods and nations, you should make them sacrifice something valuable. The more painful the sacrifice, the more convinced people are of the existence of the imaginary recipient.

Even in romance, any aspiring Romeo or Werther knows that without sacrifice, there is no true love. The sacrifice is not just a way to convince your lover that you are serious - it is also a way to convince yourself that you are really in love. Why do you think women ask their lovers to bring them diamond rings? Once the lover makes such a huge financial sacrifice, he must convince himself that it was for a worthy cause.

However, most people don't like to admit that they are fools. Consequently, the more they sacrifice for a particular belief, the stronger their faith becomes.

It is impossible to organise an army solely by coercion. At least some of the commanders and soldiers must truly believe in something, be it God, honour, motherland, manhood or money.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain, you're constantly trying to solve challenges. I think most writers enjoy the feeling of having written something, rather than the process of writing it.

I am a night creature, and I write from midnight till dawn, secluded in my office and surrounded by my collection of dragons (I have 400 of them). I only use Macintosh computers, which I name in dynastic order. Right now I'm using MacDragon 5. Only the devil is able to decipher my handwriting.

I don't deny that I get excited, but that's what happens when you're passionate about what you do.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.

We get something to do and as soon as we've got it, it gets us.

When I finished the first draft of Death Will Get You Sober, I joined Sisters in Crime and, later, Mystery Writers of America. After that, it was a matter of doing a lot of revision, sending out hundreds of queries over several years, and applying "talent, persistence, and luck"--sometimes known as "persistence, persistence, persistence."

Hard work gives marvellous outcome.

Absorb yourself in the realities of the task at hand to the point of forgetting your own existence. Then you will have no leisure to delight in life (4:14) or abhor death. That would make this mission of yours quite doable!

He wanted his little slice of happiness so much that he sacrificed the whole pig for a slice of ham.

Today I will be a successful sales professional, and I will learn something today that will make me even more professional tomorrow.

Success is dependent upon the glands--sweat glands.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly--until you can learn to do it well.

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs