Quotes about Dedication

God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be by the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self-reliance.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

A servant does what his massa says and goes where his massa sends him and doesn't quit until the job is done.

Love isn't always a feeling. Sometimes it's a decision.

Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good books waiting to be read, leaving little time for frivolity.

To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation.

What happens when you delete "com" from the word compromise? You're left with a "promise." We were made for more than compromise. We were made for God's promises in every area of our lives.

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.3 I am fascinated by this research