Quotes about Dedication

A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.

The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

The secret of your success is hidden in your daily routine."[1]

to dedicate oneself as a Victim of Love is not to be dedicated to sweetness and consolations; it is to offer oneself to all that is painful and bitter, because Love lives only by sacrifice . . . and the more we would surrender ourselves to Love, the more we must surrender ourselves to suffering.

Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

If you wish to be a saint, it is not hard. Have one aim--to please Jesus and to unite yourself more intimately to Him.

We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

When you play, play hard when you work, don't play at all.

The greatest gift life has to offer is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

The greatest happiness is the happiness that comes as a by-product of striving to do what must be done, even though sorrow is met in the doing.