Quotes About Dedication

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

It was funny about writing. It was like flying or driving or playing an instrument. When you were doing it like you were supposed to be doing it, you knew it right inside of you. You could feel that this was the way it should be. But when you wrote a word that you didn't believe in, that didn't fit, it stuck out just like a bumpy landing or a bad turn or a false note.

You almost drowned Roamer? Something like that Always finish what you start man.

Thank you to my family and friends for unwavering support, even when I am insufferably consumed by my work (which is most of the time). I couldn't do it without you.

the best we know how.

There's a fine line between piety and wack-ass obsession, and people have been landing on the wrong side for thousands of years.

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.

when people dedicate their lives to one thing that they really, really love and learn a lot about, amazing things can happen.

How lovely to work at something you loved and knew you were great at, even if it was for a pittance and you occasionally got punched.

He was from that generation—the type who didn't change things just because they were tired of them, or they were outdated. You bought something, or married someone, and stuck with it.

En fait suivre votre instinct, c'est tout ce qui compte, dans la vie. Faire ce que vous avez envie de faire. Lorsque vous avez trouvé votre voie, il faut vous donner à fond et tout alors devient possible et vous pourrez surfer sur les plus grosses vagues. Et être heureux.

I never once cheated on you. I never even looked at another girl when we were together." Conrad Fisher

You know how I know she's your most important person? You pick her every time.

He kisses like . . . like it could be his job." Margot giggles and lifts the spoons off her eyes. "Like a male prostitute?

When Conrad Fisher told a girl he loved her, he meant it. A girl could believe in that. A girl could maybe even bet her whole life on it.

And grumbling, he does it, in front of everybody, which is how I know he is utterly and completely mine.

as anyone who's ever scrapbooked knows, Rome wasn't built in a day. You could spend a year or more working on one scrapbook.

I wished for Conrad on every birthday, every shooting star, every lost eyelash, every penny in a fountain was dedicated to the one I loved...

Peter will love Lara Jean with all his heart, always.

When we pull up in my driveway, Kitty runs out of the house and over to the car. "Spider-Man!" she shrieks. She's still in her ninja costume, though she's taken the mask off. "Are you coming inside?" I glance at Peter. "He can't. He has to go condition." Peter spends an hour a day conditioning for lacrosse. He's very dedicated to it. "Condition?" Kitty repeats, and I know she's imagining Peter washing his hair.

If not for you, I would not have written this book. Truly, this one is for you.

Me tomo el vestuario en serio. ¿Por qué molestarse en usar algo que solo llevarás a medias?

but as anyone who's ever scrapbooked knows, Rome wasn't built in a day. You could spend a year or more working on one scrapbook.

You only know you can do something if you keep on doing it - P.S. I Still Love You