Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
Charles DickensI’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.
Stephen CurryIf I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
Denzel WashingtonI have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
Queen Elizabeth IIThose who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Samuel JohnsonEverything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
Wayne DyerWe give speeches and pin ribbons onto uniforms, etch names into walls. And all that is fine, but too often, all those tributes, all those words aren’t always backed up by action. And that felt like such a stark contrast to me, because, as we all know, our military is all about action.
Michelle ObamaBy working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
Robert FrostNature and nature’s laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
Alexander PopeYou are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
Martin LutherGo before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
ConfuciusI have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
Ayrton SennaI just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.
The WeekndBecause my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.
Tom BradyI treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LeBron JamesPeople say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘
Robert KiyosakiI think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She’s incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she’s effective.
Kamala HarrisIf I could, I would not do anything else. I’d just be in the studio for my whole life. I would never go to parties, events, and red carpets. I would rather just be in the studio for the whole time. I don’t even care. Nobody has to know what I look like. I just want to make music.
Ariana GrandeAs long as I stay in training and play well, I don’t see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.
George BestI’ve been writing my entire life, and I’ll always write.
J. K. RowlingYou’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.
Harper LeeI tell people, and it’s the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won’t make me a car. And you can sit in church till your bottom is flat and that won’t make you a servant of Christ.
Joyce MeyerA man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo EmersonKeep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
EpictetusAs a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.
Kamala HarrisSilence is the mother of truth.
Benjamin DisraeliNeil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That’s what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He’s a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.
Dave GrohlFor me, I don’t want to cheat the game by saying, or kind of doing lip service by saying, I want to be the greatest ever. I want to be able to show it.
Stephen CurryI have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.
Narendra ModiIn order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
Dalai LamaI have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Khalil GibranI couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.
Ray BradburyI want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
George Bernard ShawHonestly, I never really put the mic down.
EminemThe world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
Albert CamusIn the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.
Gordon RamsayTo do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.
Conor McGregorSometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Dalai LamaActors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.
Clint EastwoodYou have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.
Stephen KingThe New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
Billy GrahamI’m super serious about music. That’s, like, the only thing I’m serious about.
Kevin GatesSilence is the virtue of fools.
Francis BaconMy music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Bob MarleyI get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.
Virat KohliWhatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.
Mahatma GandhiI’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.
Kobe BryantDo your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
Elbert HubbardThe fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad AliProud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.
Nipsey HussleAll in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.
Neil ArmstrongIn human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
Henry David ThoreauGood entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.
Robert KiyosakiLet me tell you something about Tunechi – about that boy. That boy comes to the studio every day and grind as if he doesn’t have a dollar in his pocket.
Kevin GatesI write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.
Terry PratchettA reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.
Kevin HartI’ve had some ‚riotous excursions of the human spirit‘ alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it’s time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way – they earned their stripes in combat.
Jim MattisI do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
Nikola Tesla