Quotes About Dedication

You are not writing properly unless someone is bleeding, probably you.

He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks....

She now understood the potencial for loneliness that came with a single, driving passion

Do the job and do it well.

Social workers work Saturdays as well as detectives, I see." "People don't stop needing help at weekends," she said drily.

But he knew no other way; it was part of a short but inflexible personal code of ethics that he had carried with him all his adult life: do the job and do it well.

she now understood the potential for loneliness that came with a single, driving passion.

And," he continued, "thanks for everything you've done this week." "It's my job," said Robin lightly. "If I could afford a secretary…but I expect you'll end up pulling down a serious salary as some fat cat's PA.

Aun así, él no sabía hacer las cosas de otra manera; eso formaba parte de un código ético personal, breve pero inflexible, que lo había acompañado a lo largo de toda su vida adulta y que podía resumirse en una frase: «Haz el trabajo y hazlo bien.»

I still mean the thing I said to you at the end. I always will.

He had almost fallen asleep on top of Elin last night, and counted it among the week's few small achievements that he had finished the job, at least.

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

Good leaders must first become good servants.

When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they don't distract you, that means you're focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy

Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk's too big, the desk's too small, there's too much noise, there's too much quiet, it's too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

Do whatever you do intensely.

Those who cannot begin do not finish.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

A man must be master of himself and master of his word to achieve the full realization of himself as an artist.

Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.

No pains. No gains

dedicating once more by a formal and deliberate act our souls and bodies to the heavenly Will and service of Him Who alone can rightly claim such offering,