Quotes About Dedication

One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale.

To make your life being a writer, it's an auto-slavery ... you are both the slave and the task-master.

I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion.

In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you're standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

I am proud that I have devoted all my life to the struggle for the triumph of Leninism.

I know how big Blink are and I know the legacy with it and everything, but Angels & Airwaves, to my heart and to the people who like it, this is the release of my life.

Labor is service and service is life. And when we serve something more than ourselves, we feel alive.

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?

I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family.

Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.

I never took a lesson until I was 20, and I'm glad I had those years living the life of a normal person. I don't consider that time wasted.

The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

When the right one comes along, you figure it out. You move mountains, you change your life and you do whatever it takes to keep them with you.

Baseball isn't a life-and-death matter, but the Red Sox are.

... as long as we go on loving and working life is worth while.

I hate to lose but having the belt doesn't define who I am. It's how I live my life and what I put into things is what defines me.

I think everyone has the desire in their life to be the best at something that touches them, that reaches them.

Craft the finest arrow Forage jungles for straightest shaft Forge sharpest head of glass Pluck feathers of the wisest crow Without the simplest archer and bow Without a mark that's true Useless Craft the finest vessel Fell the jungle's strongest mast Build the world's mightiest hull A flag the crown of all seas you can sew Without the simplest oarsmen to row Without a port that's true Useless

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?

I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.

We're engaged to be engaged, aren't we?

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.