Quotes About Dedication

Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter.

When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

It's not the school, the curriculum, or the teacher, but motivation that is the single most important ingredient in learning.

The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.

It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes.

The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

To be committed means you are willing to make a promise with no exception of return.

Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

I trimmed my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.

I've become obsessed with learning other languages in movies, because I was like, since I was like, but I learned how to box so why don't I just learn another language for a movie?

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor.

To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.

Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then.

I got to focus on my performance - learning how to perform is something I've been working on both personally and professionally.

One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.

In all of my fights, it is a learning experience. I would know afterwards what I need to improve on and what skills I need to maintain. This will make me a better fighter.

I'm endlessly putting myself on tapes for things over in America! I'm always sitting at home, learning lines, sending stuff to America.

This is for the writers. I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees because I worship you guys and I'm learning from you every day.