The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
Andrew CarnegieI have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
Queen Elizabeth IIDo not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Henry David ThoreauWhen you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
ConfuciusI think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.
Bad BunnyGreat is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
Aldous HuxleyWork is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Khalil GibranWhen trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Michelle ObamaThe time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
Abraham LincolnTo Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.
Jim MattisIn the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
Kobe BryantI’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.
Tom BradyI was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
Lady GagaI worked my face off.
Frank OceanI 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 III’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‚Hi,‘ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.
Marilyn MonroeIf my films don’t show a profit, I know I’m doing something right.
Woody AllenI’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.
Narendra ModiA person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.
Robert FrostBut time has set its maggot on their track.
Dylan ThomasI declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Queen Elizabeth III can’t make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I’m gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life. A song is like a tattoo – you can never get away from it.
RihannaThe writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
John SteinbeckProud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.
Nipsey HussleAs an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you’re going to be a second-rate artist.
Margaret AtwoodI 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 MeyerEvery night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LeBron JamesCommitment is an act, not a word.
Jean-Paul SartreHuman progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I hope to play until I’m, like, 38 or something, and that’s a lot of years in the game and a lot of travel and a lot of sacrifice on my family’s part.
Stephen CurrySilence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI’m not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.
Haruki MurakamiLove. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
Ray BradburyWe need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother TeresaYou throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
Bob UeckerKeep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
EpictetusIf 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 GrandeWhen I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don’t talk about baseball at home.
Jackie RobinsonTo be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
Mr. TI write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.
Terry PratchettHistory will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
H. L. MenckenWorking with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.
Michelle ObamaI’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 MattisTalent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen KingHalf the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Robert FrostNothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da VinciSince day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
Kendrick LamarAll 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 ArmstrongPolitics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.
Pope FrancisThe Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.
Lou HoltzThe thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.
Robert KiyosakiSpeech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.
Thomas CarlyleNeil 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 GrohlAlmost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Martin Luther King, Jr.It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.
Hermann HesseOnly one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
Albert EinsteinAbsolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean-Jacques RousseauWhen the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.
Narendra Modi